Monkey HTTP Server vs Puma
Monkey HTTP Server
monkeywebserver.com
Puma
puma.ioSide by side
| Figure | Monkey HTTP Server | Puma |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.5 (#2) | 7.5 (#22) |
| Concurrency | Monkey uses a fixed number of threads with an event-driven model and asynchronous sockets to serve many clients. | Puma serves requests in separate threads and can use pre-forked worker processes in cluster mode. |
| Integrations | The maker says it is a formal participant organization of the Yocto Project and provides documentation for embedded Linux. | The documentation lists community plugins for exporting metrics to Prometheus and sending metrics to StatsD. |
| License | Monkey Server is available under the Apache License v2.0. | Puma is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license. |
| Product | Monkey is a lightweight, scalable HTTP web server designed for low memory and CPU use, including embedded devices and production servers. | Puma is a fast, concurrent HTTP 1.1 server designed for Ruby/Rack applications. |
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Monkey HTTP Server
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