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Apache HTTP Server vs lighttpd
Apache HTTP Server is used on 1,787,502 sites, 348 times as many as lighttpd (5,131 sites).
In Web servers, Apache HTTP Server ranks #2 and lighttpd #13 by number of sites.
From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, Apache HTTP Server grew 0.4% and lighttpd grew 0.3%.
2 sites run both: less than 0.1% of Apache HTTP Server sites and less than 0.1% of lighttpd sites.
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Apache HTTP Server
httpd.apache.org
- Sites
- 1,787,502
- Share of tracked sites
- 11.65%
- Rank in Web servers
- #2
- Change since Jul 2026
- ▲ +0.36%
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lighttpd
www.lighttpd.net
- Sites
- 5,131
- Share of tracked sites
- 0.03%
- Rank in Web servers
- #13
- Change since Jul 2026
- ▲ +0.33%
Sites using both
2
sites run Apache HTTP Server and lighttpd
of Apache HTTP Server sites<0.1%
of lighttpd sites<0.1%
Top sites using Apache HTTP Server
- wso2.download#17,612
- scilab.org#25,585
- akaihane.or.jp#110,800
- ai-gakkai.or.jp#117,764
- ucatolica.edu.co#156,485
Often used with Apache HTTP Server
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Site counts and ranks come from our crawl of the web; the change compares the monthly adoption snapshots both technologies have.