# Apache HTTP Server

Open-source web server for modern operating systems, extended by loadable modules.


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Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://httpd.apache.org/
- repository: https://github.com/apache/httpd
- docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Apache Software Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 1995
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: source build

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4037
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 56
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 1465263
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://httpd.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://httpd.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/apache/httpd (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://httpd.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://httpd.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/apache/httpd (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/httpd/tags (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/platform/ (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://httpd.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/invoking.html (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/httpd (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/httpd/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Apache HTTP Server, usually called httpd, is a web server maintained by The Apache Software Foundation. The [documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/) describes it as a server for modern operating systems, and its modules add reverse proxying through [mod_proxy](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html) and load balancing through [mod_proxy_balancer](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html). On Unix the program runs as a daemon that keeps running in the background to handle requests. The project publishes source code; the [installation guide](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html) covers building it on Unix-like systems, and operating system distributions ship their own packages.

## Worth knowing

The daemon model means a host has to allow a long-running server process, not only static files. The 2.2 line is end-of-life; the 2.4 line is the current one.

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