Compare software

lighttpd vs SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway): catalog facts
lighttpd	SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway)
Free Free and open source under the revised BSD licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Low memory and CPU use FastCGI, rewriting, compression and auth built in	Automatic Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL certificate renewal fail2ban included for blocking repeated attacks
Smaller ecosystem of guides than nginx or Apache Official downloads are source tarballs; most users install from distribution packages	Requires Docker Proxy configuration is edited as nginx config files rather than through a GUI
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is 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

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.