Comparison of web server software

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Web server software allows computers to act as web servers. The first web servers supported only static files, such as HTML (and images), but now they commonly allow embedding of server side applications.

Some web application frameworks include simple HTTP servers. For example the Django framework provides runserver, and PHP has a built-in server. These are generally intended only for use during initial development. A production server will require a more robust HTTP front-end such as one of the servers listed here.

Overview

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Server Developed by Software license Last stable version Latest release date
AOLserver NaviSoft Mozilla 4.5.2 2012-09-19 (discontinued)
Apache HTTP Server Apache Software Foundation Apache 2.4.63 2025-01-23
Apache Tomcat Apache Software Foundation Apache 10.1.15 2023-10-16
Boa Jon Nelson and Larry Doolittle GNU GPL 0.94.13 2002-07-30 (discontinued)
BusyBox httpd Glenn Engel, Vladimir Oleynik, BusyBox Team GNU GPL 1.36.1 2023-05-18
Caddy Matt Holt Apache Template:Wikidata Error: Invalid time.
Caudium The Caudium Group GNU GPL 1.4.18 2012-02-24
CERN httpd CERN, W3C, Tim Berners-Lee, Ari Luotonen and Henrik Frystyk Nielsen MIT Copyright Statement with acknowledgement to CERN 3.0A 1996-07-15

(discontinued)

Cherokee HTTP Server Álvaro López Ortega GNU GPL 1.2.103 2013-04-21
GlassFish Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation, since 2019 Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Public License & GNU General Public License 6.2.5 2022-02-13
Hiawatha Hugo Leisink GNU GPLv2 Template:Wikidata Error: Invalid time.
HFS Rejetto GNU GPL 2.3m 2018-08-16
IBM HTTP Server IBM Non-free proprietary 9.0.5.17 2023-09-19
Internet Information Services Microsoft Non-free proprietary 10.0.17763.1 2018-10-02
Jetty Eclipse Foundation Apache 12.0.2 2023-10-10
Jexus Bing Liu Non-free proprietary 6.2.x 2020
lighttpd Jan Kneschke (Incremental) BSD variant Template:Wikidata Error: Invalid time.
LiteSpeed Web Server LiteSpeed Technologies GNU GPLv3 / proprietary license 6.1.2 2023-05-24
Mongoose Cesanta Software GNU GPLv2 / proprietary license 7.17 2025-02-19
Monkey HTTP Server Monkey Software Apache 1.6.9 2016-06-04
NaviServer Various Mozilla 1.1 4.99.25 2023-05-01
NCSA HTTPd Robert McCool Non-free proprietary 1.5.2a 1996-10-08 (discontinued)
Nginx NGINX, Inc. BSD variant Template:Wikidata Error: Invalid time.
OpenBSD httpd Reyk Floeter ISC 7.4 2023-10-16
OpenLink Virtuoso OpenLink Software GNU GPL and proprietary versions 8.3.3329 2023-09-01
Oracle HTTP Server Oracle Corporation Non-free proprietary 12cR2 (12.2.1.4)[1] 2021-02-??[2]
Oracle iPlanet Web Server Oracle Corporation BSD 7.0.27 2017-10-01
Oracle WebLogic Server Oracle Corporation
(formerly BEA Systems) 		Non-free proprietary 14c (14.1.1.0) [1] 2020-03-30
Resin Open Source Caucho Technology GNU GPLv3 / proprietary license 4.0.66 2021-12-08
Resin Professional Caucho Technology Non-free proprietary 4.0.66 2021-12-08
thttpd Jef Poskanzer for ACME Laboratories BSD variant 2.29 2018-05-24
TUX web server Ingo Molnár GNU GPL 3.2.6.18 2006-09-20 (discontinued)
WEBrick Ruby Community BSD 2-clause 1.8.1 2023-01-27
Xitami iMatix Corporation BSD 5.0a0 2009-02-19 (discontinued)
Yaws Claes Wikström BSD 3 clause 2.1.1 2022-02-02
Zeus Web Server Zeus Technology Non-free proprietary 4.3r5 2010-01-13 (discontinued)
Zope Zope Corporation Zope 2.13.30 2020-02-14
Server Developed by Software license Last stable version Latest release date

Features

Some features may be intentionally not included to web server to avoid featuritis. For example:

  • TLS/HTTPS may be enabled with a separate stunnel daemon that terminates TLS and redirects raw HTTP packets to http daemon.
  • NGINX and OpenBSD httpd authors decided not to include CGI interpretation but instead use FastCGI. For OpenBSD was developed a slowcgi gateway.
  • BusyBox httpd doesn't have automatically generated directory listing but it may be implemented as a CGI script

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Server Security Virtual
hosting 		Dynamic contentTemplate:Efn Runs in user
or kernel space 		Administration console Additional protocol support
Basic access
authenti-
cation 		Digest access
authenti-
cation 		SSL/TLS
https 		CGI FCGI SCGI WSGI Java
Servlets 		SSI ISAPI SSJS IPv6 HTTP/2 QUIC HTTP/3
AOLserver Yes No YesTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn[3] Yes Yes No Un­known No No Yes Un­known Un­known user Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Apache HTTP Server Yes Yes YesTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn[4]Template:Efn[5] Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn NoTemplate:Efn Yes YesTemplate:Efn Un­known user YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes No No
Apache Tomcat Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn[6] Yes Yes No Un­known No Yes Yes NoTemplate:Efn Un­known user Yes YesTemplate:Efn Yes Un­known Un­known
Boa No No YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes No Un­known No No No No No user Un­known Yes No No No
BusyBox httpd Yes No No No Yes No No No No NoTemplate:Efn No No user No Yes No No No
Caddy Yes No Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Efn Yes No No No NoTemplate:Efn No No user No Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn
Caucho Resin Server Yes Yes paid versionTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes Un­known No Yes Yes No Un­known user Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
Caudium Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No Yes Yes Un­known Un­known user Yes YesTemplate:Efn Un­known Un­known Un­known
Cherokee HTTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Un­known user Yes Yes[7] Un­known Un­known Un­known
HFS Yes No No[8] No No No Un­known No No No Un­known Un­known user Un­known No Un­known Un­known Un­known
Hiawatha HTTP Server Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn[9] Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Un­known user Yes Yes No[10] No[10] No[10]
IBM HTTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No No Yes No Un­known user Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
Internet Information Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NoTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes kernel and user[11] Yes Yes Yes Un­known Un­known
Jetty Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known Un­known No Yes Un­known Un­known Yes user Un­known Un­known Yes Un­known Un­known
Jexus No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes user Yes No Un­known Un­known Un­known
lighttpd Yes Yes YesTemplate:Efn[12] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoTemplate:Efn Yes No No user No Yes Yes No No
LiteSpeed Web Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NoTemplate:Efn Yes No Un­known user Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[13]
Mongoose Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No user Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
Monkey HTTP Server Yes No YesTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No user No Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
NaviServer Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Un­known No No Yes Un­known Un­known user Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
NCSA HTTPd Yes Yes Un­known PartialTemplate:Efn Yes Un­known Un­known No No Yes No No user No No No No No
nginx Yes Yes (module) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No[14] Yes No Un­known user No Yes[15] Yes[16] Yes Yes
OpenBSD httpd Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No user No Yes No No No
OpenLink Virtuoso Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No user Yes No No Un­known Un­known
Oracle HTTP Server[17] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No No Yes No Un­known user YesTemplate:Efn Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
Oracle iPlanet Web Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No Yes Yes No Yes user Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
thttpd Yes Un­known No Yes Yes No Un­known No No No No Un­known user No Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
TUX web server No No No Yes Yes No Un­known No No No No Un­known kernel Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Xitami Yes Un­known paid version Yes Yes Un­known Un­known No Un­known Yes Un­known Un­known user Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Yaws Yes Un­known Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No No Yes No Un­known user Un­known Yes Un­known Un­known Un­known
Zeus Web Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known No NoTemplate:Efn Yes Yes Un­known user Yes No Un­known Un­known Un­known

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Operating system support

Server Windows Linux macOS BSD Solaris eComStation OpenVMS AIX IBM i z/OS HP-UX
AOLserver No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Un­known No Un­known Un­known
Apache HTTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Apache Tomcat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boa Un­known Yes Yes Yes Un­known No No Un­known No Un­known Un­known
BusyBox httpd No[18] Yes Un­known Yes No No No No No No No
Caddy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Caucho Resin Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Caudium[19] No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Un­known Un­known
Cherokee HTTP Server No[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Un­known No Un­known Un­known
HFS Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Hiawatha with Cygwin[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] No No No No No No
IBM HTTP Server Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet Information Services Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Jetty (Java) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Un­known No Yes Un­known
Jexus No Yes No Yes Un­known No No No No No No
lighttpd Yes
(Cygwin) 		Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes
LiteSpeed Web Server No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Un­known No Un­known Un­known
Mongoose Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Monkey HTTP Server No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
NaviServer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Yes No Un­known Un­known
NCSA HTTPd Un­known Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Un­known No Un­known Yes
nginx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes
Oracle HTTP Server Yes Yes No Un­known Yes No No Yes No Un­known Un­known
Oracle iPlanet Web Server Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes
thttpd Yes
(Cygwin) 		Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Un­known No Un­known Un­known
TUX web server No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Xitami Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Un­known Yes
Yaws Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Un­known Un­known

See also

References

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External links

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