H2O vs Hiawatha
H2O
h2o.examp1e.net
Hiawatha
hiawatha.leisink.netSide by side
| Figure | H2O | Hiawatha |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 7.6 (#18) | 8.1 (#8) |
| License | The FAQ states that H2O is licensed under the MIT license. | The webserver is distributed under GNU GPL version 2. |
| Performance | The maker says H2O provides quicker responses with less CPU and memory-bandwidth use than older-generation web servers. | Features for speeding up websites include internal caching, keep-alive connections, request pipelining and GZip Content-Encoding. |
| Purpose | H2O is an optimized HTTP server supporting HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3. | Hiawatha is an advanced, secure webserver designed for Unix. |
| Security | The repository has a security advisories page listing reported vulnerabilities and fixes, and asks users to report vulnerabilities by email. | It supports TLS via mbed TLS and offers protection against SQL injection, XSS, CSRF/XSRF and DoS attacks. |
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Hiawatha
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