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lighttpd

A secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server that has been optimized for high-performance environments
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What is lighttpd?

lighttpd has a very low memory footprint compared to other webservers and takes care of cpu-load. Its advanced feature-set (FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting and many more) make lighttpd the perfect webserver-software for every server that suffers load problems.
lighttpd is a tool in the Web Servers category of a tech stack.

Who uses lighttpd?

Companies
74 companies reportedly use lighttpd in their tech stacks, including WhatsApp, Infinity, and Morningstar.

Developers
51 developers on StackShare have stated that they use lighttpd.

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Pros of lighttpd
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Lightweight
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Easy setup
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Simplicity
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Full featured
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Proxy
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Virtal hosting
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Open source
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Available modules
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Fast
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Security
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Ssl support

lighttpd Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to lighttpd?
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
LiteSpeed
It is a drop-in Apache replacement and the leading high-performance, high-scalability server. You can replace your existing Apache server with it without changing your configuration or operating system details. As a drop-in replacement, it allows you to quickly eliminate Apache bottlenecks in 15 minutes with zero downtime.
Caddy
Caddy 2 is a powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations.
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lighttpd's Followers
131 developers follow lighttpd to keep up with related blogs and decisions.