Hiawatha vs thttpd
Hiawatha
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| Figure | Hiawatha | thttpd |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.1 (#8) | 7.2 (#28) |
| Performance | Features for speeding up websites include internal caching, keep-alive connections, request pipelining and GZip Content-Encoding. | The maker says it performs about as fast as full-featured servers in typical use and is much faster under extreme load. |
| Platforms | The download page lists a MacOS X package, Debian/Ubuntu repository options, and FreeBSD and OpenBSD ports; it says the Windows package is compiled via Cygwin and is not recommended for production unless tested. | The maker says it compiles on most Unix-like systems, specifically listing FreeBSD, SunOS 4, Solaris 2, BSD/OS, Linux, and OSF. |
| Security | It supports TLS via mbed TLS and offers protection against SQL injection, XSS, CSRF/XSRF and DoS attacks. | The maker describes thttpd as designed to protect the server machine against attacks and break-ins from other sites. |
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Hiawatha
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