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lighttpd vs OpenResty: catalog facts
lighttpd	OpenResty
Free Free and open source under the revised BSD licence.	Free Free and open source; the company sells separate commercial products.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, Self-hosted
Low memory and CPU use FastCGI, rewriting, compression and auth built in	Scripts Nginx request handling in Lua Bundles many Lua libraries and Nginx modules
Smaller ecosystem of guides than nginx or Apache Official downloads are source tarballs; most users install from distribution packages	Requires familiarity with Nginx configuration and Lua Homepage also promotes paid commercial products
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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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