freenginx AlternativesWeb Servers and other similar apps like freenginx

freenginx is described as 'Effort to preserve free and open development of nginx, an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to freenginx for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best freenginx alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like freenginx are Apache HTTP Server, Caddy, Ferron and Træfik Proxy.

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  1. nginx icon
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    nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server.

    61 nginx alternatives

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  2. Open-source HTTP server featuring modular architecture, cross-platform support for Linux and Windows, secure configuration options, robust performance, support for dynamic and static content, authentication, URL rewriting, and comprehensive community-driven development.

    56 Apache HTTP Server alternatives

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  3. Caddy icon
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    Caddy is a web server like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with different goals, features, and advantages.

    29 Caddy alternatives

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    • Mac
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  4. Ferron icon
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    Ferron is a web server optimized for speed, security, and efficiency. Written in Rust, it offers memory safety and performance, making it ideal for modern websites.

    27 Ferron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  5. Haproxy icon
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    HAProxy is free, open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers.

    32 Haproxy alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. CivetWeb icon
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    CivetWeb is an easy to use, powerful, C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support.

    51 CivetWeb alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. lighttpd icon
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    lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments.

    47 lighttpd alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  8. Serva 32/64 icon
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    Serva is an Automated PXE Server Solution Accelerator based on an all-in-one portable multi-server engine including BINL(RIS/WDS), HTTP, FTP, TFTP, DHCP, proxyDHCP, DNS, SNTP and SYSLOG protocols.

    22 Serva 32/64 alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9.  7 likes

    Devd is a single statically compiled binary with no external dependencies, and is released for OSX, Linux and Windows. Don't want to install Node or Python in that light-weight Docker instance you're hacking in? Just copy over the devd binary and be done with it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Varnish icon
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    Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art HTTP application accelerator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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