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Project Summary

lighttpd (pronounced /lighty/) is a secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. lighttpd uses memory and CPU efficiently and has lower resource use than other popular web servers. Its advanced feature-set (FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting and much more) make lighttpd the perfect web server for all systems, small and large.

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cgi dav fastcgi highload high_performance http httpd https http_server httpserver performance php reverse_proxy scgi secure server tls uwsgi web webserver

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C
88%
C++
5%
9 Other
7%

30 Day Summary

Apr 28 2025 — May 28 2025

12 Month Summary

May 28 2024 — May 28 2025
  • 178 Commits
    Down -184 (50%) from previous 12 months
  • 8 Contributors
    Down 0 (0%) from previous 12 months

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