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Apache Tomcat

An open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Apache Tomcat

Apache Tomcat
Apache HTTP Server Phusion Passenger Wildfly nginx Gunicorn Apache ZooKeeper Unicorn web2py Laragon Payara Server

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Apache Tomcat are Apache HTTP Server, Phusion Passenger, and Wildfly. 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.
  1. Apache httpd has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 65 social mentions

  2. Phusion Passenger is a multi-language (Ruby, Python, Node) web & app server which can integrate into Apache and Nginx
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

  3. WildFly is a flexible, lightweight application server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

  4. 4
    A high performance free open source web server powering busiest sites on the Internet.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy #Web And Application Servers 60 social mentions

  5. Gunicorn is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 33 social mentions

  6. Apache ZooKeeper is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source server which enables highly reliable distributed coordination.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 32 social mentions

  7. Unicorn is an HTTP server for Rack applications designed to only serve fast clients on low-latency, high-bandwidth connections.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

  8. 8
    Web2py is an open source web application framework.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

  9. All in one web server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 57 social mentions

  10. Payara Server is a fully supported, developer-friendly, open source application server. Innovative, cloud-native, optimized for production deployments. Jakarta EE & MicroProfile compatible.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial

    #Containers And Microservices #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers

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    Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy #Web And Application Servers 38 social mentions

  12. 12
    Tengine is a web server based on Nginx HTTP server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

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