SimpleHTTPServer Alternatives

Apache HTTP Server

Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web and in 2009 became the first web server to surpass the 100 million web...

Features:

• Configurable
• Customizable
• Modules
• Web Server

nginx

nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily...

Features:

• Load balancing
• HTTPS Support
• Lightweight
• Low memory usage
• Configurable
• Modular System
• Modules
• Multicast RTP streaming
• Portable
• Web Server

lighttpd

lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical...

Cherokee

Cherokee is a flexible, very fast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable and...

Tornado Web Server

Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks (and certainly most...

Surfer

Surfer is a Simple static file server. It comes with a commandline tool to upload files from your local folders and a webinterface to manage files directly on the server.