diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65a237b2..c936b042 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests",
     "resolvelib",
     "requests-mock",
+    "starlette",
     "stevedore",
     "tomlkit",
     "tqdm",
     "wheel",
     "uv>=0.8.19",
+    "uvicorn",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/fromager/commands/server.py b/src/fromager/commands/server.py
index 37d17543..d55cdf40 100644
--- a/src/fromager/commands/server.py
+++ b/src/fromager/commands/server.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def wheel_server(
 ) -> None:
     "Start a web server to serve the local wheels-repo"
     server.update_wheel_mirror(wkctx)
-    t = server.run_wheel_server(
+    _, _, thread = server.run_wheel_server(
         wkctx,
         address=address,
         port=port,
     )
     print(f"Listening on {wkctx.wheel_server_url}")
-    t.join()
+    thread.join()
diff --git a/src/fromager/server.py b/src/fromager/server.py
index d0e86c47..a529e601 100644
--- a/src/fromager/server.py
+++ b/src/fromager/server.py
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import functools
-import http.server
+import asyncio
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
 import shutil
+import socket
+import stat
+import textwrap
 import threading
 import typing
+from urllib.parse import quote
 
+import uvicorn
 from packaging.utils import parse_wheel_filename
+from starlette.applications import Starlette
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse, Response
+from starlette.routing import Route
 
 from .threading_utils import with_thread_lock
 
@@ -19,11 +28,6 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class LoggingHTTPRequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
-    def log_message(self, format: str, *args: typing.Any) -> None:
-        logger.debug(format, *args)
-
-
 def start_wheel_server(ctx: context.WorkContext) -> None:
     update_wheel_mirror(ctx)
     if ctx.wheel_server_url:
@@ -34,33 +38,24 @@ def start_wheel_server(ctx: context.WorkContext) -> None:
 
 def run_wheel_server(
     ctx: context.WorkContext,
-    address: str = "localhost",
+    address: str = "127.0.0.1",
     port: int = 0,
-) -> threading.Thread:
-    server = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(
-        (address, port),
-        functools.partial(LoggingHTTPRequestHandler, directory=str(ctx.wheels_repo)),
-        bind_and_activate=False,
+) -> tuple[uvicorn.Server, socket.socket, threading.Thread]:
+    try:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    except RuntimeError:
+        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+
+    app = make_app(ctx.wheel_server_dir)
+    server, sock, thread = _run_background_thread(
+        loop=loop, app=app, host=address, port=port
     )
-    server.timeout = 0.5
-    server.allow_reuse_address = True
-
-    logger.debug(f"address {server.server_address}")
-    server.server_bind()
-    ctx.wheel_server_url = f"http://{address}:{server.server_port}/simple/"
 
-    logger.debug("starting wheel server at %s", ctx.wheel_server_url)
-    server.server_activate()
+    realport = sock.getsockname()[1]
+    ctx.wheel_server_url = f"http://{address}:{realport}/simple/"
 
-    def serve_forever(server: http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer) -> None:
-        # ensure server.server_close() is called
-        with server:
-            server.serve_forever()
-
-    t = threading.Thread(target=serve_forever, args=(server,))
-    t.setDaemon(True)
-    t.start()
-    return t
+    logger.info("started wheel server at %s", ctx.wheel_server_url)
+    return server, sock, thread
 
 
 @with_thread_lock()
@@ -92,3 +87,149 @@ def update_wheel_mirror(ctx: context.WorkContext) -> None:
             logger.debug("linking %s -> %s into local index", wheel.name, relpath)
             simple_dest_filename.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             simple_dest_filename.symlink_to(relpath)
+
+
+class SimpleHTMLIndex:
+    """Simple HTML Repository API (1.0)
+
+    https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/simple-repository-api/
+    """
+
+    html_index = textwrap.dedent(
+        """\
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html lang="en">
+        <head>
+            <meta name="pypi:repository-version" content="1.0">
+            <title>Simple index</title>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+        {entries}
+        </body>
+        </html>
+        """
+    )
+
+    html_project = textwrap.dedent(
+        """\
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html lang="en">
+        <head>
+            <meta name="pypi:repository-version" content="1.0">
+            <title>Links for {project}</title>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+            <h1>Links for {project}</h1>
+        {entries}
+        </body>
+        </html>
+        """
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, basedir: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+        self.basedir = basedir.resolve()
+
+    def _as_anchor(self, prefix: str, direntry: os.DirEntry) -> str:
+        quoted = quote(direntry.name)
+        return f'<a href="{prefix}/{quoted}">{quoted}</a><br/>'
+
+    async def root(self, request: Request) -> Response:
+        return RedirectResponse(url="/simple")
+
+    async def index_page(self, request: Request) -> Response:
+        prefix = "/simple"
+        try:
+            dirs = [
+                self._as_anchor(prefix, direntry)
+                for direntry in os.scandir(self.basedir)
+                if direntry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False)
+            ]
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=404, detail=f"'{self.basedir}' missing"
+            ) from None
+
+        content = self.html_index.format(entries="\n".join(dirs))
+        return HTMLResponse(content=content)
+
+    async def project_page(self, request: Request) -> Response:
+        project = request.path_params["project"]
+        project_dir = self.basedir / project
+        prefix = f"/simple/{project}"
+        try:
+            dirs = [
+                self._as_anchor(prefix, direntry)
+                for direntry in os.scandir(project_dir)
+                if direntry.name.endswith((".whl", ".whl.metadata", ".tar.gz"))
+                and direntry.is_file(follow_symlinks=True)
+            ]
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=404, detail=f"'{project_dir}' missing"
+            ) from None
+        content = self.html_project.format(
+            project=quote(project), entries="\n".join(dirs)
+        )
+        return HTMLResponse(content=content)
+
+    async def server_file(self, request: Request) -> Response:
+        project = request.path_params["project"]
+        filename = request.path_params["filename"]
+
+        path: pathlib.Path = self.basedir / project / filename
+        try:
+            stat_result = path.stat(follow_symlinks=True)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="File not found") from None
+        if not stat.S_ISREG(stat_result.st_mode):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Not a regular file")
+
+        if filename.endswith(".tar.gz"):
+            media_type = "application/x-tar"
+        elif filename.endswith(".whl"):
+            media_type = "application/zip"
+        elif filename.endswith(".whl.metadata"):
+            media_type = "binary/octet-stream"
+        else:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Bad request")
+
+        return FileResponse(path, media_type=media_type, stat_result=stat_result)
+
+
+def make_app(basedir: pathlib.Path) -> Starlette:
+    """Create a Starlette app with routing"""
+    si = SimpleHTMLIndex(basedir)
+    routes: list[Route] = [
+        Route("/", endpoint=si.root),
+        Route("/simple", endpoint=si.index_page),
+        Route("/simple/{project:str}", endpoint=si.project_page),
+        Route("/simple/{project:str}/{filename:str}", endpoint=si.server_file),
+    ]
+    return Starlette(routes=routes)
+
+
+def _run_background_thread(
+    loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
+    app: Starlette,
+    host="127.0.0.1",
+    port=0,
+    **kwargs,
+) -> tuple[uvicorn.Server, socket.socket, threading.Thread]:
+    """Run uvicorn server in a daemon thread"""
+    config = uvicorn.Config(app=app, host=host, port=port, **kwargs)
+    server = uvicorn.Server(config=config)
+    sock = server.config.bind_socket()
+
+    def _run_background() -> None:
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+        loop.run_until_complete(server.serve(sockets=[sock]))
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=_run_background, args=(), daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    return server, sock, thread
+
+
+def stop_server(server: uvicorn.Server, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) -> None:
+    """Stop server, blocks until server is shut down"""
+    fut = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(server.shutdown(), loop=loop)
+    fut.result()