SimpleHTTPServer Alternatives

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

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SimpleHTTPServer alternatives page was last updated Jul 12, 2025

Abyss Webserver
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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
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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
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS)
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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
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Wt
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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
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Surfer - Static File Server
3 likes
Surfer is a Simple static file server. It comes with a command-line tool to upload files from your local folders and a web interface to manage files directly on the server.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
Self-Hosted
Cloudron
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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
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mongrel
7 likes
A small fast HTTP library and server that runs Rails, Camping, Nitro and Iowa apps.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
M
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webfs
6 likes
webfs is a simple HTTP server for mostly static content. You can use it to serve the content of a FTP server via HTTP for example. It is also nice to export some files the quick way by starting a HTTP server in a few seconds, without editing some config file first.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Origin
Germany
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Self-Hosted
W
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Angie
1 like
Angie is an efficient, powerful and scalable web server, that was forked from nginx by some of its former core devs, with intention to extend functionality far beyond original version.
16 Angie alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Origin
Cyprus
EU
Platforms
Linux
Ubuntu
Debian
Is Angie a good alternative to SimpleHTTPServer?
weborf
4 likes
Weborf is a lightweight webserver designed to rapidly share directories. Runs on POSIX systems.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
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WEBrick
4 likes
WEBrick is a Ruby library providing simple HTTP web server services.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
W
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nanoweb
4 likes
Nanoweb is an HTTP server written in PHP, designed to be small, secure, and extensible.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Web Server
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
Is nanoweb a good alternative to SimpleHTTPServer?