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Algernon vs lighttpd: catalog facts
Algernon	lighttpd
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the revised BSD licence.
Windows, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted
Single self-contained executable HTTP/2 and QUIC support	Low memory and CPU use FastCGI, rewriting, compression and auth built in
Smaller ecosystem than mainstream web servers Lua-based scripting may be unfamiliar	Smaller ecosystem of guides than nginx or Apache Official downloads are source tarballs; most users install from distribution packages
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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