🆚 Lighttpd vs. OpenResty

Lighttpd (pronounced /lighty/) is an open-source web server optimized for high performance environments and low resource usage.

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.

• ⭐ 6th most popular in Russia in the Web Servers category.
• ⭐ 6th most popular in Argentina in the Web Servers category.
• ⭐ 10th most popular in Germany in the Web Servers category.
• 🔥 11st most popular in the Czech Republic in the Web Servers category.
• 🔥 12nd most popular in the Netherlands 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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