Comparison of web server software
Web server software allows computers to act as web servers. The first web servers supported only static files, such as HTML, but now they commonly allow embedding of server side applications.
Some web application frameworks include simple HTTP servers. For example the Django framework provides
runserver, and PHP has a built-in server. These are generally intended only for use during initial development. A production server will require a more robust HTTP front-end such as one of the servers listed here.Overview
| Server | Developed by | Software license | Last stable version | Latest release date |
| AOLserver | NaviSoft | 4.5.2 | 2012-09-19 | |
| Apache HTTP Server | Apache Software Foundation | 2.4.43 | 2020-04-01 | |
| Apache Tomcat | Apache Software Foundation | 9.0.21 | 2019-06-07 | |
| Boa | Jon Nelson and Larry Doolittle | 0.94.13 | 2002-07-30 | |
| Caddy | Matt Holt | 2.0.0 | 2020-05-04 | |
| Caudium | The Caudium Group | 1.4.18 | 2012-02-24 | |
| Cherokee HTTP Server | Álvaro López Ortega | 1.2.103 | 2013-04-21 | |
| GlassFish | "Oracle Corporation " | 5.1 | 2019-01-28 | |
| Hiawatha | Hugo Leisink | 10.11 | 2020-07-08 | |
| HFS | Rejetto | 2.3i | 2016-06-14 | |
| IBM HTTP Server | IBM | proprietary | 9.0.0 | 2016-03-11 |
| Internet Information Services | Microsoft | proprietary | 10.0.17763.1 | 2018-10-02 |
| Jetty | Eclipse Foundation | 9.4.18 | 2019-04-29 | |
| Jexus | Bing Liu | proprietary | 5.5.2 | 2014-04-27 |
| lighttpd | Jan Kneschke | 1.4.55 | 2020-01-31 | |
| LiteSpeed Web Server | LiteSpeed Technologies | proprietary | 5.3.7 | 2019-03-15 |
| Mongoose | Cesanta Software | 6.14 | 2019-03-04 | |
| Monkey HTTP Server | Monkey Software | 1.6.9 | 2016-05-04 | |
| NaviServer | Various | 4.99.18 | 2019-02-24 | |
| NCSA HTTPd | Robert McCool | proprietary | 1.5.2a | 1996-10-08 |
| Nginx | NGINX, Inc. | 1.18.0 | 2020-04-21 | |
| OpenLink Virtuoso | OpenLink Software | 7.2.5.1 | 2018-10-22 | |
| Oracle HTTP Server | Oracle Corporation | proprietary | 12.1.2 | 2014-09-23 |
| Oracle iPlanet Web Server | Oracle Corporation | 7.0.23 | 2016-02-12 | |
| Oracle WebLogic Server | Oracle Corporation | proprietary | 12cR3 | 2014-06-26 |
| Resin Open Source | Caucho Technology | 4.0.57 | 2018-07-19 | |
| Resin Professional | Caucho Technology | proprietary | 4.0.49 | 2016-10-19 |
| thttpd | Jef Poskanzer for ACME Laboratories | 2.29 | 2018-05-24 | |
| TUX web server | Ingo Molnár | 3.2.6.18 | 2006-09-20 | |
| Wakanda Server | Wakanda | 2.1.0 | 2017-07-27 | |
| WEBrick | Ruby Community | 1.9.3 p286 | 2012-10-12 | |
| Xitami | iMatix Corporation | 5.0a0 | 2009-02-19 | |
| Yaws | Claes Wikström | 2.0.6 | 2018-06-26 | |
| Zeus Web Server | Zeus Technology | proprietary | 4.3r5 | 2010-01-13 |
| Zope | Zope Corporation | 2.13.21 | 2013-07-16 | |
| Server | Developed by | Software license | Last stable version | Latest release date |