Hiawatha AlternativesWeb Servers and other similar apps like Hiawatha

Hiawatha is described as 'A secure and advanced webserver' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hiawatha for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Hiawatha alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hiawatha are Apache HTTP Server, Caddy, lighttpd and devd.

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  1. nginx icon
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    nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Rambler (RamblerMedia.com).

    57 nginx alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Reverse Proxy
    2.  Low memory usage
    3.  Load balancing
    4.  HTTPS Support
    5.  HTTP server
    6.  Modular System
    7.  Portable
    8.  Modules
    9.  Multicast RTP streaming

    nginx VS Hiawatha

     
    • nginx is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Hiawatha.

    • nginx is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Hiawatha.

    • nginx is Free and Open SourceHiawatha is Free and Proprietary
    • nginx is LightweightHiawatha is not according to our users
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    Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web and in 2009 became the first web server to surpass the 100 million web site milestone. Apache was the first viable alternative to the Netscape Communications Corporation web...

    53 Apache HTTP Server alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  HTTP server
    3.  Modules

    Apache HTTP Server VS Hiawatha

     
    • Apache HTTP Server is the most popular Windows alternative to Hiawatha.

    • Apache HTTP Server is Free and Open SourceHiawatha is Free and Proprietary
  3. Caddy icon
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    Caddy is a web server like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with different goals, features, and advantages.

    25 Caddy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Simple installation
    2.  HTTPS Support
    3.  Support for Let's Encrypt
    4.  HTTP Proxy
    5.  Portable
    6.  Modular System
    7.  Support for MarkDown
    8.  HTTP server
    9.  Content Management

    Caddy VS Hiawatha

     
  4. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    lighttpd Features

    1.  HTTP server

    lighttpd VS Hiawatha

     
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface

    devd VS Hiawatha

     
  6. Microsoft IIS icon
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    Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows® Server is a flexible, secure and easy-to-manage Web server for hosting anything on the Web. From media streaming to web application hosting, IIS’s scalable and open architecture is ready to handle the most demanding tasks.

    39 Microsoft IIS alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Microsoft IIS Features

    1.  PowerShell Scripting

    Microsoft IIS VS Hiawatha

     
    • Microsoft IIS is the most popular commercial alternative to Hiawatha.

    • Microsoft IIS is Paid and ProprietaryHiawatha is Free and Proprietary
  7. TinyWeb icon
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    TinyWeb is an extremely small (< 100K), simple (no configuration other than through the command line) and lightweight (consumes a minimum of system resources) Web server for Windows. It supports CGI.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TinyWeb Features

    1.  HTTP server

    TinyWeb VS Hiawatha

     
  8. Abyss Webserver icon
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    Abyss Web Server is a compact web server available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Abyss Webserver Features

    1.  HTTP server
    2.  SSL

    Abyss Webserver VS Hiawatha

     
  9. Cherokee icon
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    Cherokee is a flexible, very fast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable and extensible with plug-ins. It supports on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings, TLS/SSL (via GNUTLS...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    No new commits since Jan 11, 2023.

    Cherokee Features

    1.  HTTP server

    Cherokee VS Hiawatha

     
  10. Wt icon
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    Wt (pronounced as witty) is a C++ library for developing web applications.

    The API is widget-centric and uses well-tested patterns of desktop GUI development tailored to the web. To the developer, it offers abstraction of many web-specific implementation details, including clien.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Wt Features

    1.  HTTP server
    2.  SSL
    3.  C++
    4.  Clojure

    Wt VS Hiawatha

     
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    Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks (and certainly most Python frameworks) because it is non-blocking and reasonably fast.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Tornado Web Server Features

    1.  HTTP server

    Tornado Web Server VS Hiawatha

     
  12. WnMp icon
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    Windows+Nginx+MariaDB+PHP

    WnMp can serve as an up to date LAMP(Linux,Apache,MySQL,PHP) like server with more focus on Current technologies and also a great clean training Environment for Web Development and Maybe in the future it can be picked and some person develop a Web 2.0.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    The last update is from January 2018.

    WnMp Features

    1.  PhpMyAdmin
    2.  LAMP
    3. MariaDB icon  Support for MariaDB
    4.  Nginx

    WnMp VS Hiawatha

     
    • WnMp is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Hiawatha.

    • WnMp is Free and Open SourceHiawatha is Free and Proprietary
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