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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

Nov 27 2025 — Dec 27 2025

12 Month Summary

Dec 27 2024 — Dec 27 2025
  • 228 Commits
    Down -19 (7%) from previous 12 months
  • 5 Contributors
    Down -6 (54%) from previous 12 months

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