Web Server
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A web server is a computer program, or the computer (hardware) running it, that accepts HTTP requests from web browser clients and responds over HTTP with data content commonly found in web pages, such as HTML documents.
Categories
- Trailbase - Single-file open-source app server based on Rust/SQLite/V8
- PocketBase - Open-source backend in a single file
- goshs - Multi-purpose single-binary file server for developers
Web Server Software
| AOLserver, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Boa, Caudium, Cherokee HTTP Server, CivetWeb, GlassFish, h2o, Hiawatha HTTP Server, HFS, HTTP File Server (Delphi), IBM HTTP Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), IIS Express, Jboss, Jetty, JOnAS, KLone, lighttpd, Lwan, LiteSpeed Web Server, lua-http, Mongrel (Ruby), NanoHTTPD, NaviServer, NCSA HTTPd, nginx, nodejs, OpenLink Virtuoso, OpenResty, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle iPlanet Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Perlbal (Perl), redbean, Resin Open Source, Resin Professional, Roxen, thttpd, Tntnet, Tornado, TUX web server, WEBrick, Xitami, Yaws, Zeus Web Server, ZEUS (TmaxSoft WAS), Zope |
| Lightweight web servers |
| Boa (C, Perl), Cherokee (C), Hiawatha (C), HTTP File Server (Delphi), IIS Express, KLone (C/C++), Lwan (Lua), lighttpd (C), Mongrel (Ruby), NanoHTTPD (Java), nginx (C), Perlbal (Perl), Resin Server (Java, C), thttpd (C), Tntnet (C++), darkhttpd (C), httpdito (asm) |