lighttpd (pronounced lighty) is a web server which is designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments. Its low memory footprint (co... More
lighttpd (pronounced lighty) is a web server which is designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments. Its low memory footprint (compared to other web servers), light CPU load and its speed goals make lighttpd suitable for servers that are suffering load problems, or for serving static media separately from dynamic content. lighttpd is free software / open source, and is distributed under the BSD license. lighttpd runs on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems and Microsoft Windows. Under Windows, it can be controlled using the standalone program Lighty Tray. [edit]Less
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Apache has the lions share of the market, but I still keep hearing about Lighttpd - the fact that Wikipedia is run off it and how its a better web server. What, specifically, is better about Lighttpd, and are there certain situations/scenarios where Lighttpd is better than Apache?