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Lighttpd

lighttpd (prescribed pronunciation: "lighty") is an open-source web server optimized for speed-critical environments. It was originally written by Jan Kneschke as a proof-of-concept of the c10k problem – how to handle 10,000 connections in parallel on one server, but has gained worldwide popularity. Its name is a portmanteau of "light" and "httpd".

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Available in
English
License
BSD-3-Clause
Original author
Jan Kneschke
Preview release
1.4.85 (July 8, 2026; 46 days ago (2026-07-08)) [±]
Release
March 2003; 23 years ago (2003-03)
Repository
git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd

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Lighttpd

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples76
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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Lighttpd

Top relations

related to Features · 29
Lighttpd → Authentication, CGI, DBI, ECH, Encrypted Client Hello, FastCGI, Flexible, GnuTLS, HTTP, HTTP/2, LDAP, Light-weight, Load, MB, Mbed TLS, No, NSS, OpenSSL, SCGI, Servlet AJP
related to Application support · 16
Lighttpd → Additionally, APC, As, Catalyst, CGI, FastCGI, ISAPI, It, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Rails, Ruby, SCGI, WebDNA
related to Usage · 9
Lighttpd → Bloglines, Due, GL, HTTP, It's, Meebo, The Wikimedia Foundation, Turris Omnia, YouTube
related to Limitations · 6
Lighttpd → CGI, FastCGI, No HTTP/3, This, Versions, X-Sendfile
related to Premise · 6
Lighttpd → BSD, CPU, It, Microsoft Windows, The, Unix-like
Available in · 1
Lighttpd → English
License · 1
Lighttpd → BSD-3-Clause
Original author · 1
Lighttpd → Jan Kneschke
Preview release · 1
Lighttpd → 1.4.85 (July 8, 2026; 46 days ago (2026-07-08)) [±]
Release · 1
Lighttpd → March 2003; 23 years ago (2003-03)

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Important terminology

server support web http fastcgi cgi used also written open-source jan kneschke language popularity git external scgi php ruby lua

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LighttpdAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
LighttpdLicenseBSD-3-Clause1.00infobox
LighttpdOriginal authorJan Kneschke1.00infobox
LighttpdPreview release1.4.85 (July 8, 2026; 46 days ago (2026-07-08)) [±]1.00infobox
LighttpdReleaseMarch 2003; 23 years ago (2003-03)1.00infobox
LighttpdRepositorygit.lighttpd.net/lighttpd1.00infobox
LighttpdStable release1.4.85 / 8 July 2026; 46 days ago (8 July 2026)1.00infobox
LighttpdTypeWeb server1.00infobox
LighttpdWebsitewww.lighttpd.net1.00infobox
LighttpdWritten inC1.00infobox
Lighttpdrelated to Application supportFastCGI0.60section
Lighttpdrelated to Application supportSCGI0.60section

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