🆚 Kestrel vs. OpenResty

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web server
Web server

About

Kestrel is an open-source, cross-platform web server for ASP.NET Core.

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.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Millbrae, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #11
Web Servers › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The OpenResty web server is 18 times more popular than Kestrel.
Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenResty is more popular in the United States, China, and Korea, while Kestrel is more popular in Georgia, Bahrain, and Guernsey.
United States
China
Korea
Netherlands
Russia
Slovakia
Germany
United Kingdom
Czech Republic
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

OpenResty is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki, while Kestrel is more commonly used on motor vehicles sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Travel
General News
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
p**nhub.com
#26
#179
redtube.com
#294
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See also

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