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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Hiawatha alternatives page was last updated Jul 29, 2019

nginx
325 likes
nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server.
62 nginx alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application type
Web Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Is nginx a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Apache HTTP Server
464 likes
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.
57 Apache HTTP Server alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Web Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is Apache HTTP Server a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Caddy
62 likes
Caddy is a web server like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with different goals, features, and advantages.
29 Caddy alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Web Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
+1
Is Caddy a good alternative to Hiawatha?
lighttpd
59 likes
lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is lighttpd a good alternative to Hiawatha?
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devd
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
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
D
Is devd a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Microsoft IIS
27 likes
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.
42 Microsoft IIS alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application types
Web Server
FTP Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Is Microsoft IIS a good alternative to Hiawatha?
TinyWeb
4 likes
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.
47 TinyWeb alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Windows
Is TinyWeb a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Abyss Webserver
21 likes
Abyss Web Server is a compact web server available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
+2
Is Abyss Webserver a good alternative to Hiawatha?
LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS)
3 likes
LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement. LSWS is the 4th most popular web server on the internet and the #1 commercial web server. Upgrading your web server to LiteSpeed Web Server will improve your performance and lower operating...
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Web Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Is this a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Cherokee
23 likes
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...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Web Server
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Is Cherokee a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Wt
2 likes
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Wt a good alternative to Hiawatha?
Tornado Web Server
11 likes
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Is Tornado Web Server a good alternative to Hiawatha?