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