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Apache HTTP ServervsPgHero

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

Apache HTTP ServerPgHero
Score74/10066/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#1 of 2 in Performance monitoring
GitHub stars—8 941
Stars, last 30 days—+11
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main language—Ruby

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server scores 74/100 against 66/100 for PgHero, so it is the safer default.

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

PgHero is growing faster right now (+11 stars in 30 days).

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