Apache HTTP Server vs lighttpd
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Apache HTTP Server · lighttpd · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Apache HTTP Server · lighttpd · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
388,136
513
Germany
356,560
327
Japan
268,830
181
France
241,071
246
India
196,107
299
Brazil
167,215
220
Spain
165,938
250
United Kingdom
154,333
319
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Apache HTTP Server | lighttpd |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.8 s | 1.5 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 600 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
Apache HTTP Server to lighttpd
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| in-hotel.net | Feb 2026 |
| xn--mgbg8b8a5b.com | Dec 2025 |
| hotels-in-marseille.com | Nov 2025 |
| hotels-of-thessaloniki.com | Nov 2025 |
lighttpd to Apache HTTP Server
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| wanty.eu | May 2026 |
| santiagochilehotels.org | Dec 2025 |
| bo-hotel.com | Dec 2025 |
| hotels-jaipur-india.com | Nov 2025 |
| nhatrangbesthotels.com | Nov 2025 |
| georgia-all-hotels.com | Nov 2025 |
| jp-nara.com | Nov 2025 |
| quitohotels.org | Nov 2025 |
| hotelsinrostock.de | Nov 2025 |