Lighttpd
trend
986,042 websites

Lighttpd is free to use

http://www.lighttpd.net/

Lightweight open-source web server, Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility -- all of these describe lighttpd (pron. lighty) which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver

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Varnish
trend
6,389,937 websites

Varnish is free to use

https://www.varnish-cache.org/

Varnish is an HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites. In contrast to other web accelerators, such as Squid, which began life as a client-side cache, or Apache and nginx, which are primarily origin servers, Varnish was...

Market Share by Top Websites

1 Varnish is leading in Top 10K Sites, Top 100K Sites, Top 1M Sites and The Entire Web.

2 In terms of market share, Lighttpd is clearly lagging behind, losing to Varnish in all segments.

Websites Categories

1 Varnish has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Business & Industry, Arts & Entertainment, Internet & Telecom, People & Society and 239 other categories.

2 Lighttpd is leading in Agriculture & Forestry, Associations and Fantasy Sports.

Geography

1 Varnish is leading in most countries, including Timor-leste, Sweden, Brazil, Germany and 226 other countries.

2 Lighttpd is leading in Czech Republic, Romania, Guyana and Sint Maarten.