NGINX Unit AlternativesWeb Servers and other similar apps like NGINX Unit

NGINX Unit is described as 'A lightweight and versatile open source server that simplifies the application stack by natively executing application code across eight different programming language runtimes' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NGINX Unit for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Cygwin apps. The best NGINX Unit alternative is TrailBase, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NGINX Unit are Apache Tomcat, Payara Server, JBoss and Jetty.

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  1. TrailBase icon

    TrailBase

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    TrailBase offers a blazingly fast, open-source application server featuring type-safe APIs and real-time data. Built on Rust, with JS/ES6/TS runtime, it provides built-in authentication, admin UI, and low-latency responses. Supports mobile, web, and desktop, eliminating the need for dedicated caches.

    20 TrailBase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    • TrailBase is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to NGINX Unit.

    • TrailBase is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NGINX Unit.

    • TrailBase is Free and Open SourceNGINX Unit is also Free and Open Source
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    Apache Tomcat

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    Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. Apache Tomcat powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations.

    8 Apache Tomcat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Payara Server icon

    Payara Server

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    Payara Server is an open source, cloud-native middleware platform supporting reliable and secure deployments of Java EE (Jakarta EE) applications on premise, in the cloud or hybrid environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    Payara Server Administration Console
     
  5. JBoss icon

    JBoss

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    JBoss is Red Hats Java EE 5-compliant (soon Java EE 6-compliant) application server. It is, as with Red Hat itself, dual-licensed either as open source (community edition) or commercially (enterprise edition).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Jetty icon

    Jetty

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    The Jetty Web Server provides a HTTP server and Servlet container capable of serving static and dynamic contend either from a standalone or embedded instantiations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. uWSGI icon

    uWSGI

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    The uWSGI project aims at developing a full stack for building hosting services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cygwin
     
  9. Mako Server icon

    Mako Server

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    The Mako Server is a compact, ready-to-run web and application server that delivers powerful Lua-based web capabilities with zero setup, just download and go. Its tiny footprint hides a feature-rich engine packed with asynchronous non-blocking sockets and a complete web...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    simperium

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    Simperium is a service for developers to move data everywhere it's needed, instantly and automatically.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. Pusher icon

    Pusher

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    Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality to web and mobile apps.

    43 Pusher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Pusher is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to NGINX Unit.

    • Pusher is the most popular commercial alternative to NGINX Unit.

    • Pusher is Paid and ProprietaryNGINX Unit is Free and Open Source
  12. ActiveJ icon

    ActiveJ

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    Alternative Java platform built from the ground up. It is minimalistic, boilerplate-free, and lightning-fast. ActiveJ has minimum third-party dependencies, yet features a full stack of technologies with an async programming model and powerful DI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ActiveJ benchmarks
     
  13. DataKernel icon

    DataKernel

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    Lightweight asynchronous framework for efficient and scalable web, network and big data solutions. Has its own lightning-fast I/O core and DI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. OpenRun icon

    OpenRun

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    OpenRun is a web app deployment platform for internal tools. Clace builds and runs containers and provides a GitOps workflow for teams to deploy webapps, across Linux, Windows and OSX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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