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title: Welcome to HTTP/Minimal
date: 2025-12-27
lang: en
---

# Welcome to HTTP/Minimal

This is a document served over **HTTP/Minimal** - a constrained version of HTTP for human-readable content without tracking, scripts, or manipulation.

## What is this?

HTTP/Minimal is not a new protocol. It's a voluntary restriction on how HTTP is used:

- HTTPS only, no exceptions
- No cookies or authentication headers
- No JavaScript, ever
- Content is Markdown, not HTML (unless HTML is requested by a modern browser)

## Why Markdown?

Markdown is:

1. Human-readable as source
2. Human-writable without tooling
3. Transparent - tracking pixels are visible in source and enforceable by clients
4. Universally supported

## Try It

Request this page with different Accept headers:

```bash
# Get rendered HTML (default)
curl https://httpmini.com/

# Get raw Markdown
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://httpmini.com/

# Check compliance
curl https://httpmini.com/.well-known/http-minimal
```

## Learn More

- Read the [specification](/spec)
- View the [about page](/about)

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*[HTTP/Minimal Compliant](/.well-known/http-minimal)*