Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to Apache

Product categories

Application Server Developer Tools Development Tools HTTP HTTP/2 Web Server Internet Of Things Java Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy Open Source Proxy Web And Application Servers Web Servers

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Apache are nginx, Apache Tomcat, and Caddy. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

nginx Landing Page
1

nginx

A high performance free open source web server powering busiest sites on the Internet.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Application Servers #Web Servers #Application Server 46 social mentions
Apache Tomcat Landing Page
2

Apache Tomcat

An open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Application Servers #Application Server #Java 14 social mentions
Caddy Landing Page
3

Caddy

The HTTP/2 Web Server with Automatic HTTPS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers 225 social mentions
Traefik Landing Page
4

Traefik

Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 34 social mentions
etcd Landing Page
5

etcd

A distributed, reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 25 social mentions
Apache HTTP Server Landing Page
6

Apache HTTP Server

Apache httpd has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Application Servers #Web Servers #Application Server 50 social mentions
Cowboy Landing Page
7

Cowboy

Small, fast, modular HTTP server written in Erlang.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Application Servers #HTTP #HTTP/2 Web Server 5 social mentions
CocoaHTTPServer Landing Page
8

CocoaHTTPServer

CocoaHTTPServer is a small, lightweight, embeddable HTTP server for Mac OS X or iOS applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Application Servers #Web Servers #Application Server