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Ferron vs lighttpd: catalog facts
Ferron	lighttpd
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the revised BSD licence.
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Short, readable configuration for sites and reverse proxies Automatic TLS certificate issuance and renewal	Low memory and CPU use FastCGI, rewriting, compression and auth built in
Younger project with a smaller ecosystem than Nginx or Caddy Configuration is text-only, with no web interface	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
Not stated if it 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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