Microsoft IIS Alternatives

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

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  1. CrushFTP icon
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    CrushFTP is a robust file transfer server that makes it easy to setup secure connections with your users.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. ProFTPD icon
     10 likes

    ProFTPD is a high-performance, extremely configurable, and most of all a secure FTP server, featuring Apache-like configuration and blazing performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. vsftpd icon
     16 likes

    Very secure FTP Daemon, a secure, fast FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux.

    44 vsftpd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Abyss Webserver icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. OpenLiteSpeed icon
     7 likes

    OpenLiteSpeed is a high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP server developed and copyrighted by LiteSpeed Technologies. Users are free to download, use, distribute, and modify OpenLiteSpeed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Cherokee icon
     24 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. This Baby FTP server has only the most necessary features and is yet powerful enough to be a basis for a more complex server.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. Syncplify Server! is an FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and HTTPS server for Windows and Linux by Syncplify, Inc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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