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OpenResty vs lighttpd: catalog facts
OpenResty	lighttpd
Free Free and open source; the company sells separate commercial products.	Free Free and open source under the revised BSD licence.
Windows, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Scripts Nginx request handling in Lua Bundles many Lua libraries and Nginx modules	Low memory and CPU use FastCGI, rewriting, compression and auth built in
Requires familiarity with Nginx configuration and Lua Homepage also promotes paid commercial products	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: BSD-2-Clause	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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