diff --git a/net-http-htmlflow/build.gradle b/net-http-htmlflow/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16a18a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-http-htmlflow/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dependencies {
+    api project(':net-http-server')
+    api libs.htmlflow
+}
diff --git a/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/module-info.java b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2b20dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module org.xbib.net.http.htmlflow {
+    exports org.xbib.net.http.htmlflow;
+    requires org.xbib.net;
+    requires org.xbib.net.http;
+    requires org.xbib.net.http.server;
+    requires org.xbib.config;
+    requires java.logging;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowResourceHandler.java b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowResourceHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..992c090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowResourceHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package org.xbib.net.http.htmlflow;
+
+import org.xbib.net.Attributes;
+import org.xbib.net.Resource;
+import org.xbib.net.buffer.DataBuffer;
+import org.xbib.net.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.application.Application;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.resource.HtmlTemplateResource;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.resource.HtmlTemplateResourceHandler;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.HttpRouterContext;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import static org.xbib.net.http.HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE;
+
+public class HtmlFlowResourceHandler extends HtmlTemplateResourceHandler {
+
+    public HtmlFlowResourceHandler(Path root, String suffix, String indexFileName) {
+        super(root, suffix, indexFileName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Resource createResource(HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
+        return new HtmlFlowResource(this, httpRouterContext);
+    }
+
+    protected static class HtmlFlowResource extends HtmlTemplateResource {
+
+        private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(HtmlFlowResource.class.getName());
+
+        protected HtmlFlowResource(HtmlTemplateResourceHandler templateResourceHandler, HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
+            super(templateResourceHandler, httpRouterContext);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void render(HttpRouterContext context) throws IOException {
+            Application application = context.getAttributes().get(Application.class, "application");
+            if (application == null) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "application is null");
+                return;
+            }
+            DataBuffer dataBuffer = context.getDataBufferFactory().allocateBuffer();
+            dataBuffer.write(render(application, context.getAttributes()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            HttpResponseStatus httpResponseStatus = context.getAttributes().get(HttpResponseStatus.class, "_status", HttpResponseStatus.OK);
+            context.status(httpResponseStatus)
+                    .header("cache-control", "no-cache") // override default must-revalidate behavior
+                    .header("content-length", Integer.toString(dataBuffer.writePosition()))
+                    .header(CONTENT_TYPE, "text/html; charset=" + StandardCharsets.UTF_8.displayName())
+                    .body(dataBuffer);
+        }
+
+        protected String render(Application application, Attributes attributes) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowService.java b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36fd756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.xbib.net.http.htmlflow;
+
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.service.BaseHttpService;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.service.BaseHttpServiceBuilder;
+
+public class HtmlFlowService extends BaseHttpService {
+
+    protected HtmlFlowService(BaseHttpServiceBuilder builder) {
+        super(builder);
+    }
+
+    public static HtmlFlowServiceBuilder builder() {
+        return new HtmlFlowServiceBuilder();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowServiceBuilder.java b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowServiceBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3815cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-http-htmlflow/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/htmlflow/HtmlFlowServiceBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package org.xbib.net.http.htmlflow;
+
+import org.xbib.net.ParameterDefinition;
+import org.xbib.net.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.HttpHandler;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.domain.HttpSecurityDomain;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.service.BaseHttpServiceBuilder;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+public class HtmlFlowServiceBuilder extends BaseHttpServiceBuilder {
+
+    protected Path prefix;
+
+    protected String suffix;
+
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder() {
+        super();
+        this.prefix = null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setPath(String path) {
+        super.setPath(path);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setMethod(HttpMethod... httpMethod) {
+        super.setMethod(httpMethod);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setHandler(HttpHandler... handler) {
+        super.setHandler(handler);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setParameterDefinition(ParameterDefinition... parameterDefinition) {
+        super.setParameterDefinition(parameterDefinition);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setSecurityDomain(HttpSecurityDomain securityDomain) {
+        super.setSecurityDomain(securityDomain);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setPrefix(Path prefix) {
+        this.prefix = prefix;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HtmlFlowServiceBuilder setSuffix(String suffix) {
+        this.suffix = suffix;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HtmlFlowService build() {
+        if (this.handlers == null) {
+            HttpHandler httpHandler = new HtmlFlowResourceHandler(prefix, suffix, "index.java");
+            setHandler(httpHandler);
+        }
+        return new HtmlFlowService(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net-http-j2html/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/j2html/J2HtmlResourceHandler.java b/net-http-j2html/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/j2html/J2HtmlResourceHandler.java
index 74d51dc..624c8bb 100644
--- a/net-http-j2html/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/j2html/J2HtmlResourceHandler.java
+++ b/net-http-j2html/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/j2html/J2HtmlResourceHandler.java
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package org.xbib.net.http.j2html;
 
-import org.xbib.net.Attributes;
 import org.xbib.net.Resource;
 import org.xbib.net.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.xbib.net.http.HttpResponseStatus;
-import org.xbib.net.http.server.application.Application;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.HttpRequest;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.resource.HtmlTemplateResource;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.resource.HtmlTemplateResourceHandler;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.HttpRouterContext;
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.HttpRouterContext;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static j2html.TagCreator.body;
 import static j2html.TagCreator.h1;
@@ -36,22 +34,24 @@ public class J2HtmlResourceHandler extends HtmlTemplateResourceHandler {
 
     protected static class J2HtmlResource extends HtmlTemplateResource {
 
-        private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(J2HtmlResource.class.getName());
+        protected HttpRequest request;
 
-        protected J2HtmlResource(HtmlTemplateResourceHandler templateResourceHandler, HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
+        protected J2HtmlResource(HtmlTemplateResourceHandler templateResourceHandler,
+                                 HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
             super(templateResourceHandler, httpRouterContext);
         }
 
         @Override
         public void render(HttpRouterContext context) throws IOException {
-            Application application = context.getAttributes().get(Application.class, "application");
-            if (application == null) {
-                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "application is null");
-                return;
-            }
+            this.request = context.getRequest();
+            Objects.requireNonNull(responseBuilder);
             DataBuffer dataBuffer = context.getDataBufferFactory().allocateBuffer();
-            dataBuffer.write(render(application, context.getAttributes()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-            HttpResponseStatus httpResponseStatus = context.getAttributes().get(HttpResponseStatus.class, "_status", HttpResponseStatus.OK);
+            dataBuffer.write(renderBody(context), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            HttpResponseStatus httpResponseStatus = responseBuilder.getResponseStatus();
+            if (httpResponseStatus == null) {
+                httpResponseStatus = HttpResponseStatus.OK;
+            }
+            //context.getAttributes().get(HttpResponseStatus.class, "_status", HttpResponseStatus.OK);
             context.status(httpResponseStatus)
                     .header("cache-control", "no-cache") // override default must-revalidate behavior
                     .header("content-length", Integer.toString(dataBuffer.writePosition()))
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class J2HtmlResourceHandler extends HtmlTemplateResourceHandler {
                     .body(dataBuffer);
         }
 
-        protected String render(Application application, Attributes attributes) {
+        protected String renderBody(HttpRouterContext context) {
             return body(
                     h1("Hello World")
             ).render();
diff --git a/net-http-server-application-web/build.gradle b/net-http-server-application-web/build.gradle
index dbab609..8d7f283 100644
--- a/net-http-server-application-web/build.gradle
+++ b/net-http-server-application-web/build.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':net-http-server-application-config')
     api project(':net-http-template-groovy')
     api project(':net-http-j2html')
+    api project(':net-http-htmlflow')
     api libs.jdbc.query
     implementation libs.webjars.bootstrap
     implementation libs.webjars.jquery
diff --git a/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/Bootstrap.java b/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/Bootstrap.java
index d9b3bdc..23bdc6f 100644
--- a/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/Bootstrap.java
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ public final class Bootstrap {
         return 0;
     }
 
-
     private static final String hexFavIcon =
             "000001000100101000000100200068040000160000002800000010000000" +
                     "200000000100200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" +
diff --git a/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/InternalServerErrorHandler.java b/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/InternalServerErrorHandler.java
index be810fc..f86ec20 100644
--- a/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/InternalServerErrorHandler.java
+++ b/net-http-server-application-web/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/web/j2html/InternalServerErrorHandler.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.xbib.net.http.server.application.web.j2html;
 import org.xbib.net.Attributes;
 import org.xbib.net.Resource;
 import org.xbib.net.http.j2html.J2HtmlResourceHandler;
-import org.xbib.net.http.server.application.Application;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.resource.HtmlTemplateResourceHandler;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.HttpRouterContext;
 import org.xbib.net.util.ExceptionFormatter;
@@ -30,7 +29,8 @@ public class InternalServerErrorHandler extends J2HtmlResourceHandler {
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected String render(Application application, Attributes attributes) {
+        protected String renderBody(HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) {
+            Attributes attributes = httpRouterContext.getAttributes();
             String message = attributes.get(String.class, "_message");
             Throwable throwable = attributes.get(Throwable.class, "_throwable");
             String stackTrace = ExceptionFormatter.format(throwable);
diff --git a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/BaseApplication.java b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/BaseApplication.java
index a17e366..3d636ce 100644
--- a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/BaseApplication.java
+++ b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/application/BaseApplication.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
 import org.xbib.net.http.HttpAddress;
 import org.xbib.net.http.cookie.SameSite;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.BaseHttpRouterContext;
diff --git a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/resource/HtmlTemplateResource.java b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/resource/HtmlTemplateResource.java
index 066d9bd..0b4d152 100644
--- a/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/resource/HtmlTemplateResource.java
+++ b/net-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/net/http/server/resource/HtmlTemplateResource.java
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.xbib.net.URL;
+import org.xbib.net.http.HttpHeaderNames;
+import org.xbib.net.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.HttpRequest;
+import org.xbib.net.http.server.HttpResponseBuilder;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.route.HttpRouterContext;
 import org.xbib.net.http.server.application.Application;
 
@@ -40,12 +45,18 @@ public class HtmlTemplateResource implements HttpServerResource {
 
     protected final boolean negotiateLocale;
 
+    protected final HttpResponseBuilder responseBuilder;
+
+    protected final Application application;
+
     protected HtmlTemplateResource(HtmlTemplateResourceHandler templateResourceHandler,
                                    HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
         this.templateResourceHandler = templateResourceHandler;
-        String indexFileName = templateResourceHandler.getIndexFileName();
-        Application application = httpRouterContext.getAttributes().get(Application.class, "application");
+        this.application = httpRouterContext.getAttributes().get(Application.class, "application");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(application);
         this.negotiateLocale = application.getSettings().getAsBoolean("negotiateLocale", false);
+        this.responseBuilder = httpRouterContext.getAttributes().get(HttpResponseBuilder.class, "response");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(responseBuilder);
         Path root = templateResourceHandler.getRoot();
         root = root != null ? root : application.getHome();
         if (root == null) {
@@ -57,13 +68,13 @@ public class HtmlTemplateResource implements HttpServerResource {
                 " root = " + root +
                 " resource path = " + resourcePath +
                 " path = " + path +
-                " index file name = " + indexFileName);
+                " index file name = " + templateResourceHandler.getIndexFileName());
         this.name = path.getFileName().toString();
         this.baseName = AbstractResourceHandler.basename(name);
         this.suffix = AbstractResourceHandler.suffix(name);
         if (Files.isDirectory(path)) {
             if (getIndexFileName() != null) {
-                Path indexPath = path.resolve(indexFileName);
+                Path indexPath = path.resolve(templateResourceHandler.getIndexFileName());
                 logger.log(Level.FINEST, "resolved to index path = " + indexPath);
                 if (Files.exists(indexPath)) {
                     logger.log(Level.FINEST, "index path exists");
@@ -137,7 +148,7 @@ public class HtmlTemplateResource implements HttpServerResource {
 
     @Override
     public String getIndexFileName() {
-        return templateResourceHandler.getIndexFileName();
+        return templateResourceHandler != null ? templateResourceHandler.getIndexFileName() : null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -163,11 +174,77 @@ public class HtmlTemplateResource implements HttpServerResource {
                 ",lastmodified=" + lastModified +
                 ",length=" + length +
                 ",isExists=" + isExists +
-                ",isDirectory=" + isDirectory() + "]";
+                ",isDirectory=" + isDirectory + "]";
     }
 
     @Override
     public void render(HttpRouterContext httpRouterContext) throws IOException {
         // to be overriden
     }
+
+    public String contextPath(HttpRequest request, String rel) {
+        return url(request, rel, false);
+    }
+
+    public String url(HttpRequest request, String rel) {
+        return url(request, rel, true);
+    }
+
+    public String url(HttpRequest request, String rel, boolean absolute) {
+        String prefix = application.getSettings().get("web.prefix", "/");
+        if (!prefix.endsWith("/")) {
+            prefix = prefix + "/";
+        }
+        URL url = request.getServerURL().resolve(prefix).resolve(rel);
+        return absolute ? url.toExternalForm() : toOrigin(url);
+    }
+
+    public void setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus responseStatus) {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(responseStatus);
+    }
+
+    public void movedPermanently(String url) {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
+        this.responseBuilder.setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.LOCATION, url);
+    }
+
+    public void found(String url) {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.FOUND);
+        this.responseBuilder.setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.LOCATION, url);
+    }
+
+    public void seeOther(String url) {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.SEE_OTHER);
+        this.responseBuilder.setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.LOCATION, url);
+    }
+
+    public void temporaryRedirect(String url) {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.TEMPORARY_REDIRECT);
+        this.responseBuilder.setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.LOCATION, url);
+    }
+
+    public void notFound() {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND);
+    }
+
+    public void gone() {
+        this.responseBuilder.setResponseStatus(HttpResponseStatus.GONE);
+    }
+
+    private static String toOrigin(URL url) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        if (url.getPath() != null) {
+            sb.append(url.getPath());
+        }
+        if (url.getQuery() != null) {
+            sb.append('?').append(url.getQuery());
+        }
+        if (url.getFragment() != null) {
+            sb.append('#').append(url.getFragment());
+        }
+        if (sb.length() == 0) {
+            sb.append('/');
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index cdbda91..83e8b32 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library('jackson', 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', 'jackson-databind').version('2.14.2')
             library('jna', 'net.java.dev.jna', 'jna').version('5.13.0')
             library('groovy-templates', 'org.apache.groovy', 'groovy-templates').versionRef('groovy')
+            library('j2html', 'com.j2html', 'j2html').version('1.6.0')
+            library('htmlflow', 'com.github.xmlet', 'htmlflow').version('4.0')
             library('webjars-bootstrap', 'org.webjars', 'bootstrap').version('5.2.3')
             library('webjars-jquery', 'org.webjars', 'jquery').version('3.6.4')
             library('webjars-fontawesome', 'org.webjars', 'font-awesome').version('6.3.0')
-            library('j2html', 'com.j2html', 'j2html').version('1.6.0')
             library('net', 'org.xbib', 'net').versionRef('net')
             library('net-mime', 'org.xbib', 'net-mime').versionRef('net')
             library('net-security', 'org.xbib', 'net-security').versionRef('net')
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ include 'net-http-server-nio'
 include 'net-http-server-simple'
 include 'net-http-server-simple-secure'
 include 'net-http-template-groovy'
+include 'net-http-htmlflow'
 include 'net-http-j2html'
 include 'net-http-server-application-web'
 include 'net-http-server-application-config'