Cowboy
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.
- 🏠 Website
- </> Source code
💸 Pricing
Cowboy is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Web Servers
- Rank: 18
- Market share: 0.04%
🏆 Cowboy Awards
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Brazil in the Web Servers category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Japan in the Web Servers category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Web Servers category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in the United States in the Web Servers category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in Germany in the Web Servers category.
⚡ Sites Using Cowboy
We have data on 923 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 cars.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,722 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #3,593 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #4,663 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 4 | #5,555 | United States | American English | |
| 5 | #7,164 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #13,184 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #15,210 | English | ||
| 8 | #21,629 | English | ||
| 9 | #26,176 | English | ||
| 10 | #29,537 | English | ||
| 11 | #47,576 | English | ||
| 12 | #51,352 | English | ||
| 13 | #58,594 | United States | American English | |
| 14 | #58,603 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 15 | #64,545 | English | ||
| 16 | #70,480 | English | ||
| 17 | #73,738 | Germany | German | |
| 18 | #81,845 | United States | English | |
| 19 | #85,204 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #85,313 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Cowboy:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Cowboy are from the United States, Brazil, and Germany.
- United States 28.2%
- Brazil 16.2%
- Germany 8.6%
- United Kingdom 5.3%
- Japan 3.9%
- Netherlands 3.2%
- Switzerland 3.2%
- France 2.8%
- Australia 2.6%
- Other 26%
Most Cowboy users speak English, Portuguese, or German.
- English 68.1%
- Portuguese 10.8%
- German 6.1%
- Japanese 2.6%
- Dutch 2.2%
- Spanish 2.1%
- French 2.1%
- 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 48.6%
- .com.br 8.9%
- .org 6.4%
- .de 3.6%
- .io 2.2%
- .net 1.8%
- .ch 1.7%
- .nl 1.4%
- .co 1.3%
- Other 24.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cowboy include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 20.6%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.1%
- Online Shopping 6.9%
- Education/Reference 6.9%
- Entertainment 6.3%
- Internet Services 5.8%
- Software/Hardware 4.2%
- Travel 3.7%
- Job Search 2.6%
- Other 32.9%
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Caddy💬 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 cars.com,
gimkit.com, and
placardefutebol.com.br.
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 23 other web servers we track.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.