apache/httpd
Mirror of Apache HTTP Server. Issues: http://issues.apache.org observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6315
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4052 stars · 1358 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The Apache HTTP Server (httpd) is a fast, reliable, and extensible open-source web server written in C, maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. It supports TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, virtual hosts, per-directory .htaccess configuration, reverse proxying, caching, and a large module ecosystem, running on Linux, Windows, macOS, and most Unix-like systems.
Use cases
- host a website on my own server
- set up a reverse proxy in front of my app
- serve multiple sites from one machine with virtual hosts
- configure TLS/SSL for my web server
- rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite
- load balance requests across backend servers
- serve static files with caching
- run a web server on Windows or Linux
When to choose
- you need a battle-tested, production-grade web server with decades of stability
- you rely on .htaccess per-directory configuration or shared-hosting conventions
- you need rich built-in modules for auth, rewriting, proxying, and load balancing
- you must run on diverse platforms including Windows and legacy Unix systems
When to avoid
- you prefer a lightweight, single-binary server with simple config (e.g., Caddy or nginx)
- you are building a modern application server in Node, Python, or Go and only need an app-level HTTP server
- you need HTTP/3/QUIC support, which httpd does not provide
Facets
service · maturity stable
http-server proxy caching auth security routing web-development backend self-hosted developer-tools windows cross-platform self-hosted httpd apache web-server tls http2 virtual-hosts htaccess mod-rewrite reverse-proxy cgi linux macos
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/httpd · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2b7814d3fca2
- homepage: https://httpd.apache.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4c01bf5a0359
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ba61b76f0104
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · a8af76a0a963
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7ab6fc6de7d5
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk · fetched 2026-08-29 · 873e2247b317
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs-project · fetched 2026-08-29 · c54320caa036
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 382b2bcfc940
- site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7f8766dff2b1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/httpd | main | 77 |
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