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Apache HTTP Servervsscanopy

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

Apache HTTP Serverscanopy
Score74/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#1 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars—5 915
Stars, last 30 days—+121
Stable releases, 12 months040
Latest release—v0.19.3 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main language—Rust

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server scores 74/100 against 64/100 for scanopy, so it is the safer default.

scanopy ships more often: 40 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache HTTP Server.

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

scanopy is growing faster right now (+121 stars in 30 days).

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