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Apache HTTP Servervspaymenter

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Apache HTTP Serverpaymenter
Score74/10068/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#3 of 13 in Billing
GitHub stars—2 811
Stars, last 30 days—+500
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—v1.5.9 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main language—PHP

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server scores 74/100 against 68/100 for paymenter, so it is the safer default.

paymenter ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache HTTP Server.

If you want the quickest setup, paymenter is easier to run; Apache HTTP Server needs more configuration.

paymenter is growing faster right now (+500 stars in 30 days).

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