| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.4 (#3) | 7.5 (#21) |
| Distribution | End users can download CivetWeb binaries and releases from GitHub Releases or SourceForge. | The project provides source releases and points users to operating-system package managers for binary packages. |
| Features | Listed features include CGI, SSI, HTTP digest authentication, WebSocket, WebDAV, URL rewrite, IP-based access control and resumed downloads. | The project lists FastCGI, CGI, authentication, output compression, and URL rewriting among lighttpd’s features. |
| License | The project says CivetWeb uses the MIT license. | lighttpd is released under the Open Source revised BSD license. |
| Support | The project directs users to its documentation and examples and invites bugs, questions and feature requests through GitHub issues. | The project directs support questions to its forums and also lists IRC at Libera.Chat in channel #lighttpd. |
