🆚 Apache vs. OpenResty

Apache is a cross-platform open-source web server that has been available since 1995.

It offers a modular architecture with many modules available, supports various scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, and Python via CGI/FCGI and custom modules, allows per-directory configuration using .htaccess files, and handles virtual hosting on one instance.

OpenResty is an Nginx distribution that bundles the LuaJIT interpreter to run Lua scripts directly inside the web server.

It embeds Lua, a lightweight scripting language, into Nginx's event-driven architecture, enabling high-performance dynamic request handling, asynchronous I/O, API and microservice development, traffic control, caching, authentication, and logging.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Web Servers category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Web Servers category.
• 🥇 Most popular in France in the Web Servers category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Web Servers category.
• 🥇 Most popular in India in the Web Servers category.

• 🥈 Second most popular in Samoa in the Web Servers category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Web Servers category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Web Servers category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Slovakia in the Web Servers category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Seychelles in the Web Servers category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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