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Lighttpd
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Simple setup for static content
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Fast and built for scalability
Lighttpd is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded. This allows lighttpd to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
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Highly efficient memory use
With a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load.
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Free and open source
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Lightweight
Lighttpd offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
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Quite easy to setup and configure
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Apache
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Free and open source
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Arcane configuration format
Configuration is as good as the manuals go. As soon as you have to configure it by yourself, it becomes a lot more difficult due to a rather obtuse system of configuration with long and confusing variable names, which has become infamous among web developers.
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Powerful
Apache has a lot of features and functionality.
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Process Based Request Handling
Each request opens a new process/fork to handle just that request (ver memory inefficient)
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Excellent OS support
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Extremely inneficient
Opens a new thread for each request. In practice this means that unless you use a proxy (nginx) you can only have a certain number of people on your site at a time, and is extremely inefficient on the server side.
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Easy solutions for complex configurations
Due to it's maturity, Apache has a lot of features to cover a wide range of situations.
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Great documentation
Apache has thorough documentation.
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LiteSpeed Web Server
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Can handle thousands of concurrent clients with minimal memory and CPU usage
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Free version is limited
There is a RAM limit and a domain limit
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Great support
From my personal experience, the support is great.
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Fastest Cache System for Wordpress - Litespeed Cache
Litespeed Cache for WordPress is faster than any other cache mechanism available for WordPress, coupled with additional Optimization options provided for free by Litespeed with quic.cloud allows you to keep your WordPress websites fastest.
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Native Fast Cache Plugins for all major CMS'es
Litespeed has great cache plugins for Prestashop, Magento, Cscart and because of its caching implementation, it is the fastest way to speed up your CMS'es.
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HTTP/3 Support with Maximum Browsers
Litespeed's HTTP/3 Implementation supports most vast range of browsers.
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Jetty
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Simplicity
Because Jetty is built by an assembly of simple components it is very easy to work with. Where possible, features are added by aggregation of components rather than creation of complex deep/optional APIs Assembly and configuration can be done by the java API, the jetty XML configuration file, which is an IOC style mapping of XML to POJO APIs, other IOC/component frameworks such as Spring and Plexus, OSGi activators, and other XML to POJO mappings such as XBeans All APIs are public which has resulted in all of the Jetty code being very well maintained and easily understood.
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Embedded mode
A Jetty instance can be spawned entirely from Java code (without an external installation or config files), making it a very handy companion for unit/integration tests, conditional/temporary server spawning, and the like.
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Flexibility
Jetty was not designed to be an application server, rather it was built from the ground up to be a collection of components that provide HTTP and servlet services. This results in Jetty being very flexible as well as the following benefits: Very simple to extend and/or replace components with customized behavior. The integration of Jetty into development tools like maven can be very flexible as the components that control the layout of a webapp can be updated to run an unassembled application from source rather than an assembled WAR. Very easy to remove features that are not being used to save on memory and CPU costs. Due to this flexibility Jetty can be used in the following use cases: A stand-alone traditional web server for static and dynamic content A dynamic content server behind a dedicated HTTP server such as Apache using mod_proxy or mod_jk An embedded component within a java application As a component to build an application server or Java EE server For a full list of software powered by Jetty go here.
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OpenLiteSpeed
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GUI
OpenLiteSpeed has a GUI for easier setup.
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Multiple steps
Some things require multiple steps, like creating a listener and a virtual host or a reverse proxy.
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Open Source
OpenLiteSpeed is the open source version of the LiteSpeed web server.
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Traefik
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Auto-discovery
You just add labels to your Docker, Swarm or K8s containers and they get proxied automagically, If you set up everything correctly.
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Http/Https only
E.g. doesn't allow you to route IMAP/SMTP traffic.
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Easy to set up
Add your docker network and labels to your services and get it running fast.
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Platforms:
Linux
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MIT
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XAMPP
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Smooth installation with minimal configuration required
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
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Bloated
Comes with mail server, FTP server, accelerator, web-dav, ssl out of the box, etc.
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Multi-platform
XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.
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doesnt has phpselector
Need downgrade to use php5
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Clean and functional interface
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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Tyk
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Free plan
Free for non-commercial use.
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Hybrid mode
Direct traffic to your own servers and still enjoy the power, management and control of Tyk Cloud.
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Docker support
Supports Docker and Kubernetes.
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Web
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IIS
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PHP spport
PHP applications can be run using IIS. Simple to install and configure.
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1 website limit per server (also pre-7.0 client os limit)
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.NET and ASPX script support
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10 simultaneous connection limit on versions before 7.0 on client operating systems
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Supported by Microsoft
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Only runs on Windows
This Microsoft-proprietary web server software, can only run in the Windows operating systems for full support of it and all of its features. It is not capable of being run in a non-Windows environment without sacrificing some functionality and of course the support.
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Authentication (Anonymous, Basic, Digest, Integrated Windows Auth, UNC, .NET Passport (<6), Certificate)
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Proprietary
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IPv6 support (IIS 6+)
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Multiple websites can be run on 1 server
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HTTP/2, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP support
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Runs on literal NT 3.51
So you can boot up that ancient work computer and get IIS (Free addon at the time) for that computer
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Very fast
If you want a quick web server, use this, because i mean like, on my laptop, the first request is 1 or 2 seconds, after that, it becomes a split second!
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In-depth diagnostic tools
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Kestrel
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Built to be very fast, and it is
Kestrel is built to be fast. When tested on Windows Server 2012 against IIS and at a pipeline depth of 16, Kestrel pushed 1,188,521 requests per second compared to IIS' 57,792 requests per second. You can read the official benchmark here
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Due to security concerns, external use requires a reverse proxy in front of it
Kestrel is fairly new and doesn't yet have the full suite of security features that you might find in a more mature server. It's recommended to run IIS, Nginx, or Apache in front of it set as a reverse proxy to handle incoming connections. The connections are then passed off to Kestrel after preliminary handling. Because of Kestrels young age, it doesn't have a full defense against attacks which includes, but isn't limited to, appropriate timeouts, size limits, and concurrent connection limits.
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Cross Platform
Kestrel's initial goal was to find a way to get ASP.NET running on Linux. Developers can deploy their .NET app on either Windows or Linux, and Kestrel can be present on either one.
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Lacking in features
Kestrel was built to be fast, so the developers had to cut out some of the higher tier features. Kestrel was designed to push requests and that's it, so if you want additional features it's recommended to run a full-fledged web server in front of it. You can see a full feature list in the specs section of this recommendation.
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Integrated with Visual Studio
When you make a new project in VS, the project is automatically configured to work with Kestrel.
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Good option for internal servers
Kestrel itself is fast, but lacking in security and general features. This makes running Kestrel on its own a good option for servers that are only going to be accessed internally.
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Platforms:
Windows/Linux/Mac
HTTP Access Logs:
No
Request Filtering and Limits:
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Static Files:
Yes
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