Litespeed vs Nginx vs Apache: Web Server Showdown

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LiteSpeed Web Server

LiteSpeed Web Server, abbreviated as LSWS, is almost a newcomer to the webserver ‘scene’. It has gained a huge, perhaps even cult-like following in the last few years among web hosting companies due to its efficiency. With its streamlined architecture, companies running LiteSpeed Web Server could (theoretically) double the maximum capacity of websites their servers, assuming they were previously running Apache.

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nginx

Nginx on the other hand, can work as a reverse proxy in front of an Apache, or as it’s own web server and does not have an equivalent feature for .htaccess files. Apps written in Python and Ruby are known to have high performance when running on an Nginx web server. With load balancers, some optimization, and Nginx, you might have a setup that’s super high performance. Nginx also has a reputation for being difficult to set up compared to it’s contemporary Apache.

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Apache HTTP Server

The most commonly used Web Server is by far Apache HTTP Server from the Software Apache Foundation. Created in 1995 by Rob McCool and Brian Behlendorf, among others. The name is a pun for A PatCHy server, as at the time of it’s inception, Apache was based on some existing code, along with some perhaps “hacky or clunky” software packages, enabling it to run. Additionally, the name Apache was chosen out of respect for the various Native American nations collectively calling themselves Apache, who were well known for their war strategy and inexhaustible endurance. According to W3Techs, Apache has around 36% market share as of September 1st, 2020.

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