litespeedtech/openlitespeed
Our high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP server observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
89/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 72
- Longevity 100
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: 108.5
- age_days: 4801
- days_rel: 27
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
1470 stars · 232 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
OpenLiteSpeed is a high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP web server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies under GPLv3. It uses an event-driven architecture with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 (QUIC) support, built-in page caching, a WebAdmin GUI, and native LSAPI for accelerated PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl, and Java applications.
Use cases
- serve high-traffic websites with low CPU and RAM overhead
- host WordPress with built-in full-page cache acceleration
- serve PHP applications faster via LiteSpeed SAPI
- enable HTTP/3 and QUIC on a web server
- reuse existing Apache mod_rewrite rules without changes
- self-host a web server with a friendly admin GUI
- export server metrics to Prometheus and Grafana
- protect sites with anti-DDoS throttling and ModSecurity v3
When to choose
- you need an Apache alternative with better performance for static content, PHP, or HTTPS
- you want built-in caching and WordPress acceleration without extra plugins
- you need modern protocol support like HTTP/2, HTTP/3, and QUIC
- you prefer a web server with a built-in admin console and one-click WordPress stacks
- you want to run PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl, or Java backends efficiently via LSAPI
When to avoid
- you need the full commercial feature set of LiteSpeed Enterprise (some features are enterprise-only)
- you require Windows or macOS production hosting - OLS targets Linux distributions
- your stack depends on Apache-specific modules beyond mod_rewrite
- you prefer a config-file-only workflow and dislike GUI-based administration
Facets
application · maturity active
http-server caching proxy monitoring security middleware web-development backend self-hosted performance self-hosted cloud http2 http3 quic event-driven wordpress php lsapi webadmin mod-rewrite-compatible anti-ddos prometheus-exporter gplv3 devops linux web-server docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed · fetched 2026-08-28 · abfdc98bb129
- homepage: https://openlitespeed.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · fb382a21e5e7
- site_page: https://openlitespeed.org/openlitespeed-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce07cf0cc9a0
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/repo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2ccafcb8a32b
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/binary · fetched 2026-08-29 · f30a525abeb9
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/source · fetched 2026-08-29 · fa80d58ff2ea
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/docker · fetched 2026-08-29 · 48fc9626d72a
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/image · fetched 2026-08-29 · dd057163b7a8
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2771fa2d3f36
- site_page: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · e7100696031e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| litespeedtech/openlitespeed | main | 89 |
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