# apache/httpd

Mirror of Apache HTTP Server. Issues: http://issues.apache.org

Repository: https://github.com/apache/httpd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/httpd
Homepage: https://httpd.apache.org
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: httpd
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:08:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6315, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4052, forks 1358 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.859129+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, proxy, caching, auth, security, routing
- domain: web-development, backend, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: httpd, apache, web-server, tls, http2, virtual-hosts, htaccess, mod-rewrite, reverse-proxy, cgi, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- apache/httpd (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.859129+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:39.540569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apache/httpd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.859129+00:00, sha 2b7814d3fca2)
  - homepage: https://httpd.apache.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.169329+00:00, sha 4c01bf5a0359)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.171939+00:00, sha ba61b76f0104)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.175870+00:00, sha a8af76a0a963)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.177801+00:00, sha 7ab6fc6de7d5)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.179529+00:00, sha 873e2247b317)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs-project (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.181172+00:00, sha c54320caa036)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.182754+00:00, sha 382b2bcfc940)
  - site_page: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:24.184574+00:00, sha 7f8766dff2b1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.