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Yaws is a webserver for dynamic content written in Erlang. The project is built in Erlang and requires Erlang/OTP 25.0 or higher to compile. It can be built using autotools or rebar3 and supports various deployment configurations, from interactive testing to daemonized operation with automatic restart capabilities. The repository includes several applications and modules built on top of the core webserver, including a stateless WebMail application, a Wiki application originally based on Joe Armstrong's implementation and ported by Johan Bevemyr, a deployment framework called Yapp for independent Yaws applications, RSS feed support, and benchmarking tools. Yaws also provides comprehensive build, testing, and installation infrastructure with support for reproducible builds, multiple platforms including macOS and Cygwin, and security considerations documented in a formal security policy.