Cowboy

France

Cowboy is a small, fast, and modern HTTP server for Erlang that supports WebSocket, HTTP/2, and REST.

According to our data, Cowboy ranks 18th among the web servers we track.
It has 0.04% of the web server market share and is detected on 0.03% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Cowboy is available for free.

Free ✔️ Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Cowboy Awards

⚡ Sites Using Cowboy

We have data on 992 websites that use the Cowboy web server. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Cowboy is filesdl.site.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 filesdl.site #911 British Virgin Islands
2 xnhau.sh #951 Saint Helena
3 cars.com #1,722 United States English
4 sslkn.mobi #3,440 British Virgin Islands
5 kiryuu01.com #4,310 British Virgin Islands
6 mgkomik.org #4,607 British Virgin Islands
7 goctruyentranhvui17.com #5,022 British Virgin Islands
8 headlinegen.com #9,006 British Virgin Islands
9 xcuvgthu.net #9,801 British Virgin Islands
10 bokepindoh.work #10,639 British Virgin Islands
11 carteldemanhwas.com #10,723 British Virgin Islands
12 xxxstayhome.com #10,867 British Virgin Islands
13 eternalmangas.com #10,882 British Virgin Islands
14 mcsweeneys.net #21,629 English
15 aligntech.com #26,176 English
16 horseracingnation.com #29,537 English
17 listeamed.net #30,696 British Virgin Islands English
18 cinematreasures.org #47,576 English
19 hitzcash.com #47,646 British Virgin Islands
20 ray.io #58,594 United States American English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Cowboy:

Most of the sites using Cowboy are from the United States, Brazil, and Germany.

  • United States 26.1%
  • Brazil 14.5%
  • Germany 7.9%
  • British Virgin Islands 7.7%
  • United Kingdom 4.6%
  • Japan 3.5%
  • Netherlands 3.1%
  • Switzerland 2.8%
  • France 2.7%
  • Other 27.1%

Most Cowboy users speak English, Portuguese, or German.

  • English 68.5%
  • Portuguese 10.5%
  • German 5.9%
  • Japanese 2.5%
  • Spanish 2.2%
  • French 2.2%
  • Dutch 2.2%
  • Italian 1.2%
  • Swedish 0.9%
  • Other 3.9%

The Cowboy web server is especially popular on .com, .com.br, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 47.8%
  • .com.br 8.3%
  • .org 6.6%
  • .de 3.3%
  • .net 2.9%
  • .io 2.3%
  • .ch 1.6%
  • .nl 1.3%
  • .co 1.2%
  • Other 24.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cowboy include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 19.7%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10.4%
  • Online Shopping 6.7%
  • Education/Reference 6.2%
  • Entertainment 6.2%
  • Internet Services 5.7%
  • Blogs/Wiki 4.1%
  • Software/Hardware 4.1%
  • Travel 3.6%
  • Other 33.3%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Cowboy alternatives.

RankName
1
Nginx
Seattle, Washington, United States

A lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy designed for handling large volumes of concurrent connections with low memory usage.

FreeOpen source$3,500+/year
2
Apache
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

A cross-platform open-source web server that has been available since 1995.

FreeOpen source
5
OpenResty
Millbrae, California, United States

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

FreeOpen source
11
Kestrel
Redmond, Washington, United States

An open-source, cross-platform web server for ASP.NET Core that can serve HTTP requests on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

FreeOpen source
39
Yaws

A high perfomance HTTP server written in Erlang.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Cowboy's headquarters?

Cowboy is located in France.

Is Cowboy free?

Yes, it is a free web server.
Moreover, it is an open-source solution, and you can find its code on GitHub.

Which country uses Cowboy the most?

The majority of Cowboy users are from the United States.

Who uses Cowboy?

According to our data, Cowboy is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as filesdl.site, xnhau.sh, and cars.com.

Do academic institutions use Cowboy?

Yes. In total, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Cowboy.

How does Cowboy compare to its competitors?

Cowboy is a moderately popular web server, ranking ahead of 22 other web servers we track.

What are the alternatives to Cowboy?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Cowboy may include Nginx, Kestrel, and Yaws.

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