This is a lightweight aviation weather web application based on official data from the German Weather Service (DWD). The project deliberately avoids bloated frameworks and complex stacks, focusing instead on a clean, minimal design with very few dependencies.
The bash-backend runs as cronjob on server or within oci-container and is seperated from the WebApp Frontend.
A small stand-alone webserver written in PureBasic, including a built-in reverse proxy for OpenStreetMap tiles let the WebApp run on every Windows or Linux w/o external runtimes and executable smaller than 2 MB each.
it’s kiosk-mode is ideal for Clubhouses, Pilot preparation Areas ans wall-mounted Information Displays.
What really stands out is the stand-alone design: a single PureBasic executable handling HTTP requests directly, with no external runtime, web framework, or reverse proxy involved. That’s not trivial, and it appears to have been done very cleanly here.
I went down a similar path choosing PureBasic for a SCORM packager we use with a Learning Management System, largely for the same reasons — native compilation, small binaries, and zero runtime dependencies. Projects like this are a good reminder of how well PB fits that niche when you need something reliable and self-contained.
Thanks for sharing this — really enjoyable to look through.
because of jq, awk and wgrib2. These are well established and bullet-proof toolkits. You won’t try to re-develop and re-invent them in Purebasic. And bash gives every admin the flexibility to modify and transperency to see, what’s running on your server or oci-container.
It’s interesing that you all are focused on the webserver
All my brain-cells were thrown on the Javascript in the Frontend.
Purebasic was just available, quick and handy and w/o bloated frameworks like NodeJS or Python.
just optimized the purebasic stand-alone webserver with reverse-proxy to OSM. It has now a cache for every OSM tile. Once a tile is forwared and cached, it will never be loaded from OSM. This helps to reduce download times and traffic allows the stand-alone webserver be operated fully offline once all tiles downloaded.
Didn’t know you’re also a pilot
