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Comparison of web server software

This article is a comparison of web server software.

1 Overview
2 Features
3 Operating system support
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Overview

Server	Developed by	Software license	Last stable version	Release date
AOLserver	NaviSoft	Mozilla	4.5.1	2009-02-02
Apache HTTP Server	Apache Software Foundation	Apache	2.4.4	2013-02-25
Apache Tomcat	Apache Software Foundation	Apache	7.0.35	2013-01-16
Boa	Paul Phillips	GPL	0.94.13	2002-07-30
Caudium	The Caudium Group	GPL	1.4.18	2012-02-24
Cherokee HTTP Server	Álvaro López Ortega	GPL	1.2.102	2013-01-17
Google Web Server (GWS)	Google	Non-free unpublished	?	?
Hiawatha HTTP Server	Hugo Leisink	GPLv2	8.8.1	2013-03-05
HFS	Rejetto	GPL	2.2f	2009-02-17
IBM HTTP Server	IBM	Non-free proprietary	8.5	2012-06-15
Internet Information Services (IIS)	Microsoft	Non-free proprietary	8.0	2012-09-04
Jetty	Eclipse Foundation	Apache	9.0.0	2013-03-08
lighttpd	Jan Kneschke (Incremental)	BSD variant	1.4.32	2012-11-21
LiteSpeed Web Server	LiteSpeed Technologies	Non-free proprietary	4.2.2	2013-01-30
NaviServer	Various	Mozilla 1.1	4.99.4	2012-02-17
NCSA HTTPd	Robert McCool	Open-source and free for non-commercial use	1.5.2a	1996
nginx	NGINX, Inc.	BSD variant	1.2.7	2013-02-12
nodejs	Ryan Dahl	MIT	0.10.2	2013-03-28
OpenLink Virtuoso	OpenLink Software	GPL and commercial versions	6.1.6	2012-03-16
Oracle HTTP Server	Oracle Corporation	Non-free proprietary	11g Release 1	2009
Oracle iPlanet Web Server	Oracle Corporation	BSD	7.0u8	2010-01-20
Oracle WebLogic Server	Oracle Corporation (formerly BEA Systems)	Non-free proprietary	11gR1 (10.3.5)	2011-05-16
Resin Open Source	Caucho Technology	GPL	4.0.33	2012-12-21
Resin Professional	Caucho Technology	Non-free proprietary	same as OSS version	same as OSS version
thttpd	Jef Poskanzer for ACME Laboratories	BSD variant	2.25b	2003-12-29
Tornado	FriendFeed, Facebook	Apache	3.0	2013-03-29
TUX web server	Ingo Molnár	GPL	?	?
WEBrick	Ruby Community	Ruby	1.9.3 p286 (Ruby)	2012-10-12
Xitami	iMatix Corporation	GPL	5.0a0	2009-02-19
Yaws	Claes Wikström	BSD variant	1.96	2013-03-19
Zeus Web Server	Zeus Technology	Non-free proprietary	4.3r5	2010-01-13
Zope	Zope Corporation	Zope	?	?
Server	Creator	Software license	Last stable version	Release date

Features

Server	Security				Dynamic content^[1]
Server	basic access authentication	digest access authentication	SSL/TLS https	virtual hosting	CGI	FCGI	SCGI	uwsgi	Java Servlets	SSI	ISAPI	Runs in user space or kernel space	Administration console	IPv6
AOLserver	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes	?	user	?	?
Apache HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, by modules	No^[2]	Yes	Yes, by modules^[3]	user	No	Yes
Apache Tomcat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	No^[4]	user	Yes	Yes^[5]
Boa	No	No	Yes^[6]	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	No	user	?	Yes
Caucho Resin Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	user	Yes	Yes
Caudium	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	user	Yes	Yes^[7] (unconfirmed)
Cherokee HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	user	Yes	Yes^[8]
HFS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	?	user	?	No
Hiawatha HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	No	user	Yes	Yes
IBM HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	No	user	Yes	Yes
Internet Information Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No^[9]	Yes	Yes	kernel and user^[10]	Yes	Yes
Jetty	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	user	?	?
lighttpd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No^[2]	Yes	No	user	No	Yes
LiteSpeed Web Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No^[2]	No	No	user	Yes	?
NaviServer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	?	user	Yes	?
NCSA HTTPd^[11]	Yes	Yes	?	Partial^[12]	Yes	?	?	No	No	Yes	No	user	?	?
nginx	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	user	Yes^[14]	Yes
nodejs	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	No	No	?	?	user	?	Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Oracle HTTP Server^[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	No	user	Yes, using Enterprise Manager	Yes
Oracle iPlanet Web Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	user	Yes	Yes
thttpd	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	No	user	No	Yes
TUX web server	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	No	kernel	?	?
Xitami	Yes	?	paid version	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	Yes	?	user	?	?
Yaws	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	No	user	?	Yes
Zeus Web Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No^[2]	Yes	Yes	user	Yes	No
Server	Security				Dynamic content
Server	basic access authentication	digest access authentication	SSL/TLS https	virtual hosting	CGI	FCGI	SCGI	uwsgi	Java Servlets	SSI	ISAPI	Runs in user space or kernel space	Administration console	IPv6

Operating system support

Server	Windows	Linux	OS X	BSD	Solaris	eComStation	OpenVMS	AIX	IBM i	z/OS	HP-UX
AOLserver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?
Apache HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apache Tomcat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Boa	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	?	No	?	?
Caucho Resin Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Caudium^[16]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?
Cherokee HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?
Hiawatha HTTP Server	Yes (Cygwin)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes
HFS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IBM HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Internet Information Services	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jetty (Java)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	No	Yes	?
lighttpd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
LiteSpeed Web Server	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?
NaviServer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	?	?
NCSA HTTPd	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	Yes
nginx	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	Yes
nodejs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
OpenLink Virtuoso	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?
Oracle HTTP Server	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?
Oracle iPlanet Web Server	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
thttpd	Yes (cygwin)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?
TUX web server	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Xitami	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes
Yaws	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	?
Zeus Web Server	No	Yes	No	Yes (FreeBSD)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Server	Windows	Linux	OS X	BSD	Solaris	eComStation	OpenVMS	AIX	IBM i	z/OS	HP-UX

References

^ The “dynamic content” columns indicate whether the server itself implements the given feature. Other features may be available by delegation (e.g. Apache HTTP Server can delegate to Apache Tomcat for Servlet support).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This server implements AJP; compatible third-party Servlet containers can be integrated to provide seamless Servlet support.
^ This server can use mod_isapi for this support.
^ While Tomcat does not implement ISAPI directly, it integrates well with Apache mod_jk which contains an ISAPI module for this purpose.
^ Requires a JVM and OS that support IPv6
^ with external patch
^ http://freshmeat.net/projects/caudium/?branch_id=31500&release_id=238766 mentions IPv6 support but this is not explicitly specified on http://www.caudium.net/ . Maintainers have been sent a Documentation Update Querry; please remove this warning notice when they update their website
^ Cherokee Web Server – Compiling and Installing^{[dead link]}
^ Servlet Engines are supported via isapi_redirect
^ "states that the HTTP protocol stack http.sys runs in kernel space, while the rest of the software runs in user space". Technet2.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ Why NCSA HTTPd?
^ Due to lack of support for HTTP/1.1, name based virtual hosts are not fully implemented.
^ for security http://wiki.nginx.org/SimpleCGI
^ Controlling nginx
^ "Feature Overview - 10g R2 (10.1.2)". Oracle.com. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ "Webserver FAQs". Caudium. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

External links

Netcraft Web Server Survey

Comparison of web server software

Contents

Overview

Features

Operating system support

See also

References

External links