Alternatives to WEBrick for all platforms with any license

Apache HTTP Server

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
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nginx

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Load balancing Configurable HTTPS Support Lightweight ... Low memory usage Modular System Modules Multicast RTP streaming Portable Add a feature

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lighttpd

lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
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Cherokee

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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
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Hiawatha

Hiawatha, a secure and advanced webserver

Free Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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SimpleHTTPServer

python -m SimpleHTTPServer python3 -m http.server 8000 Documentation for python3 version: https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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Tornado Web Server

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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS)

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....

Commercial Linux
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webfs

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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Self-Hosted
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mongrel

A small fast HTTP library and server that runs Rails, Camping, Nitro and Iowa apps.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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TinyWeb

TinyWeb is a small, simple and lightweight Web server for Windows with CGI support. Can pair up with TinySSL for HTTPS.

Free Open Source Windows
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nanoweb

Nanoweb is an HTTP server written in PHP, designed to be small, secure, and extensible.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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SimpleServer:WWW

Ever wanted to set up a webserver so that you could have your friends check out a new page you're working on? Or maybe you'd just like to play around with HTML...

Free Windows Self-Hosted
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Wt

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...

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VBServer

Create a personal web server with simplicity, reliability, and ease using VBServer.

Free Windows
Portable Add a feature

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