Compare AOLserver vs Apache HTTP Server vs Boa Web Server vs Caudium vs Cherokee Web Server vs HTTP File Server (HFS) vs Hiawatha Web Server vs IBM HTTP Server vs Internet Information Services (IIS) vs Jetty vs Lighttpd vs LiteSpeed Web Server vs...
Short name | AOLserver | Apache | Boa | Caudium | Cherokee | HFS | Hiawatha | IBM | IIS | Jetty | Lighttpd | LiteSpeed | Mongrel | NaviServer | NCSA HTTPd | Nginx | nodejs | OpenLink Virtuoso | Oracle HTTP Server | Oracle iPlanet Web Server | Perlbal | thttpd | Tomcat | TUX | Wakanda Server | Xitami | Yaws | Zeus |
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| Latest version | 4.5.1 | 2.2.19 | 0.94.14rc21 | 1.4.14 | 1.2.101 | 2.2f | 8.1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.4.3 | 1.4.30 | 4.1.3 | 1.1.5 | 4.99.3 | 1.5.2a | 1.0.13 | 0.5.1 | 11g Release 1 | 7.0u8 | 1.79 | 2.25b | 7.0.14 | 4.131311 | 5.0a0 | 1.90 | 4.3r4 | ||
| Release date | Feb. 2nd 2009 | May 22nd 2011 | Feb. 23rd 2005 | Mar. 26th 2008 | Oct. 18th 2011 | Feb. 17th 2009 | Feb. 25th 2012 | Mar. 15th 2009 | Oct. 22nd 2009 | Jul. 1st 2011 | Dec. 18th 2011 | Aug. 2nd 2011 | May 22nd 2008 | Mar. 11th 2009 | 1996 | Mar. 5th 2012 | Jul. 14th 2011 | 2009 | Jan. 20th 2010 | Jun. 15th 2011 | Dec. 29th 2003 | May 12th 2011 | Apr. 17th 2013 | Feb. 19th 2009 | May 25th 2011 | Jul. 30th 2007 | ||
| License | Mozilla Public License | Apache License 2.0 | GPL | GPL | GPL | GPL | GPL 2 | Non-free/proprietary | Non-free/proprietary | Apache License 2.0 / Eclipse Public License 1.0 | BSD | Free (Standard Edition) Commercial license (Enterprise Edition) | GPL 2 / Ruby License | MPL 1.1 | Free for Non-Commercial Use | BSD | MIT | GPL and Commercial Versions | Non-free/proprietary | BSD | GPL / Artistic | BSD | Apache License | GPL | AGPL / Commercial | GPL | BSD variant | Non-free/proprietary |
| Development language | C | C, Perl | Pike, C | C | C | Java | C | Ruby | C | C++, JavaScript | Perl | C | Java | C++, JavaScript | Erlang | |||||||||||||
| Features | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Authentication | Yes basic only | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes basic only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes basic only | Yes | Yes basic only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes paid version | Yes | Yes | |||
| Virtual hosting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| CGI support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| FastCGI support | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| ASP.NET | No | Yes via module | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
| Java Servlets | No | No communicate via AJP with a servlet container | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||
| Server Side Includes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Server-Side JavaScript | Yes use Webkit JavaScriptCore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Administration console | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No Plugin | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||||
| Platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No could run with Wine | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| macOS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Platforms details | Unix-like, Windows | Unix-like | Unix-like, Windows | Unix-like, Windows, Haiku os | Linux, Windows, Solaris, IBM OS | Windows | Java platforms | Unix-like, Windows | Ruby platforms | Unix-like, Windows | Unix-like, Windows | Perl platforms | Unix-like | Java platforms | need libbsd on Linux | Erlang platforms | ||||||||||||
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| Notable web site using it | Wordpress.com | LiveJournal, Vox, TypePad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | AOLserver | Apache HTTP Server | Boa Web Server | Caudium | Cherokee Web Server | HTTP File Server (HFS) | Hiawatha Web Server | IBM HTTP Server | Internet Information Services (IIS) | Jetty | Lighttpd | LiteSpeed Web Server | Mongrel | NaviServer | NCSA HTTPd | Nginx | nodejs | OpenLink Virtuoso | Oracle HTTP Server | Oracle iPlanet Web Server | Perlbal | thttpd | Apache Tomcat | TUX web server | Wakanda Server | Xitami | Yaws | Zeus Web Server |
| Website | apache.org | boa.org | cherokee-project.com | rejetto.com/... | hiawatha-webserver.org | ibm.com/... | microsoft.com/iis | codehaus.org/... | lighttpd.net | litespeedtech.com | rubygems.org/... | nginx.org | nodejs.org | danga.com/... | acme.com/... | apache.org | wakanda.org | xitami.com | hyber.org | zeus.com/... | ||||||||
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