Free and open first
Best Web Server Software in 2026
- 36 apps
- Research read 23 Sept 2026
- How the order is worked out
- 1
Abyss Web Server
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 2
Apache HTTP Server
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 3
Caddy
Free plan AndroidAPILinux+4Choose Caddy for a self-hosted server or proxy when automatic HTTPS, broad reverse-proxy support, and deployment flexibility matter.
- 4
CivetWeb
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4 - 5
Hiawatha
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 6
Gunicorn
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 7
Mongoose Web Server
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5 - 8
NaviServer
Free plan APILinuxMac+3 - 9
NGINX
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1NGINX combines web serving and several proxy roles with caching, load balancing, and file-based configuration.
- 10
EasyPHP
Free plan Self-hostedWindows - 11
FrankenPHP
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 12
Monkey HTTP Server
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 13
OpenResty
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 14
lighttpd
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 15
Racket Web Server
Free plan APILinuxMac+3 - 16
H2O
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 17
Phusion Passenger
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 18
Static Web Server
Free plan AndroidLinuxMac+3 - 19
Tengine
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 20
Lwan
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 21
OpenLiteSpeed
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 22
Tornado
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+2 - 23
Puma
Free plan LinuxWindows - 24
XAMPP
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1 - 25
RoadRunner
Free plan APILinuxMac+2
#1Places #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 on this list can be bought by the makers of the software on it. See the price