Apache HTTP Server vs lighttpd
Apache HTTP Server
httpd.apache.org
lighttpd
lighttpd.netSide by side
| Figure | Apache HTTP Server | lighttpd |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.3 (#5) | 7.5 (#21) |
| License | The Apache License 2.0 grants a perpetual, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free copyright license subject to its terms. | lighttpd is released under the Open Source revised BSD license. |
| Modules | The project describes httpd as extensible through more than 100 modules for rewriting, proxying, load balancing, scripting, and other functions. | Documented modules include access controls, access logging, authentication, compression, FastCGI, proxying, TLS, and virtual hosting. |
| Security reporting | The project recommends reporting security problems privately to the ASF Security Team before public disclosure. | The project directs bugs to its issue tracker and provides [email protected] for reports that should not be public. |
| Support | The project directs users to documentation, its users mailing list, and the #httpd IRC channel, and says commercial support is available from third-party companies. | The project directs support questions to its forums and also lists IRC at Libera.Chat in channel #lighttpd. |
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Apache HTTP Server
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