Servers

Web servers

95 technologies: what each one does, whether it is SaaS or open source, its price range and its website.
  • Nginx

    2.1M sites

    Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.

  • Apache HTTP Server

    1.5M sitesOpen source

    Apache is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software.

  • LiteSpeed

    523.5K sites

    LiteSpeed is a high-scalability web server.

  • Next.js

    404.7K sitesOpen source

    Next.js is a React framework for developing single page Javascript applications.

    Used byCal.com,Dub,QuintoAndar,Resend+2

  • Next.js App Router

    278.2K sites

    The Next.js App Router is a new paradigm for building applications using React's latest features.

  • IIS

    215.4K sites

    Internet Information Services (IIS) is an extensible web server software created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family.

  • OpenResty

    130.2K sites

    OpenResty is a web platform based on nginx which can run Lua scripts using its LuaJIT engine.

    Used byShopify

  • OpenGSE

    82.4K sites

    OpenGSE is a test suite used for testing servlet compliance. It is deployed by using WAR files that are deployed on the server engine.

  • Express

    77.3K sitesOpen source

    Express is a web application framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs.

    Used byGhost

  • Apache Tomcat

    13.8K sitesOpen source

    Apache Tomcat is an open-source implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and WebSocket technologies.

  • Caddy

    11.8K sitesOpen source

    Caddy is a Go-based web server known for its simplicity and automatic HTTPS features.

  • Phusion Passenger

    11.2K sites

    Phusion Passenger is a free web server and application server with support for Ruby, Python and Node.js.

  • Kestrel

    10.7K sites

  • Tengine

    9.2K sites

    Tengine is a web server which is based on the Nginx HTTP server.

  • Google Web Server

    7.2K sites

  • Remix

    4.6K sitesOpen source

    Remix is a React framework used for server-side rendering (SSR).

    Used byShopify

  • gunicorn

    3.7K sites

  • Angie

    3.2K sitesOpen source

    Angie is a drop-in replacement for the Nginx web server aiming to extend the functionality of the original version.

  • Apache Traffic Server

    2.9K sitesOpen source

    Apache Traffic Server is an open-source caching and proxying server that serves as an HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 reverse proxy with caching capabilities, load balancing, request routing, SSL termination, and support for advanced HTTP features.

  • Amazon EC2

    2.5K sitesSaaS

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a part of Amazon.com's cloud-computing platform, Amazon Web Services, that allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications.

  • Apache APISIX

    1.9K sitesOpen source

    Apache APISIX is an open-source, cloud-native API gateway developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It provides a scalable and high-performance solution for managing and securing API traffic.

  • Cowboy

    1.1K sitesOpen source

    Cowboy is a small, fast, modular HTTP server written in Erlang.

  • Uvicorn

    1K sitesOpen source

    Uvicorn is an ASGI server implementation for Python web applications, commonly used with frameworks like FastAPI to enable asynchronous and high-performance handling of web requests.

  • Microsoft HTTPAPI

    973 sites

    Microsoft HTTPAPI is a kernel-mode HTTP driver in the Windows operating system responsible for handling HTTP requests and responses with efficiency, scalability, and security.

  • lighttpd

    639 sitesOpen source

    Lighttpd is an open-source web server optimised for speed-critical environment.

  • Flask

    613 sitesOpen source

    Flask is a Python micro web framework ideal for rapidly constructing web applications, offering minimalism, flexibility, and modularity.

    Used byDuolingo

  • Jetty

    592 sitesOpen source

    Jetty is an open-source web server and servlet container known for its scalability and efficiency, supporting protocols like HTTP and WebSocket for various applications from development tools to cloud services.

  • Centminmod

    583 sites

  • Zope

    410 sitesOpen source

    Zope is an open-source web application server and content management framework that helps developers build and manage complex web applications with features like object-oriented programming and scalable architecture.

  • HCL Domino

    387 sitesPay as you go · Subscription

    HCL Domino, formerly called IBM Domino (1995) and Lotus Domino (1989), is an enterprise server application development platform.

  • EZproxy

    367 sitesSaaS$ · Subscription · Quote

    EZproxy is a web server and a reverse proxy that is usually used by libraries as a reverse proxy in front of electronic educational resources databases (e.g.: Scopus, PubMed, or Web of Science) in order to provide authentication and protect privacy.

  • JBoss Application Server

    358 sites

  • GlassFish

    352 sites

  • Oracle HTTP Server

    286 sites

  • JBoss Web

    255 sites

  • Zend

    178 sites

    Zend is a company that provides PHP development tools and solutions, including frameworks, servers, and development environments, to help developers build, deploy, and manage PHP applications.

  • Oracle Application Server

    111 sites

  • TornadoServer

    89 sites

  • Resin

    78 sites

  • CherryPy

    72 sites

    CherryPy is an object-oriented web application framework using the Python programming language.

  • IBM HTTP Server

    62 sites

  • TwistedWeb

    62 sitesOpen source

  • Starlet

    55 sites

    Starlet is a high-performance, lightweight web server for Perl applications.

  • Hypercorn

    44 sitesOpen source

    Hypercorn is an ASGI web server that supports HTTP/1, HTTP/2, WebSockets, ASGI/2, and ASGI/3 specifications, and can utilize asyncio, uvloop, or trio for asynchronous operations.

  • OpenBSD httpd

    40 sitesOpen source

  • Daphne

    39 sitesOpen source

  • HHVM

    37 sites

    Used bySlack

  • H2O

    33 sitesOpen source

    H2O is a fast and secure HTTP/2 server written in C by Kazuho Oku.

Data from the open Wappalyzer database (enthec/webappanalyzer, GPL-3.0), updated every week. Site counts from the HTTP Archive (September 2026). Code tools (frameworks, build, ORMs…) come from a list kept by Faundr.