# Ferron

Web server written in Rust that serves static files, reverse-proxies requests and obtains TLS certificates automatically.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ferron/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- home: https://ferron.sh
- repository: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron
- docs: https://ferron.sh/docs
- x: https://x.com/ferron_web
- forum: https://discuss.ferron.sh
- threads: https://threads.net/@ferronweb

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Ferron
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- 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: linux-installer-script

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2185
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 22
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/blob/develop-3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://ferron.sh/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://ferron.sh/docs (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/blob/develop-3.x/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://ferron.sh/ (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/blob/develop-3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron/license (read 2026-10-29)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/blob/develop-3.x/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/installer-linux (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/debian (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/rpm (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/installer-windows (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/docker (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/manual (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/package-managers (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/blob/develop-3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://ferron.sh/docs/v2/installation/rpm (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ferronweb/ferron/contributors (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

Ferron is a web server written in Rust that serves static files, reverse-proxies requests to other servers and obtains TLS certificates for public hosts automatically. It installs with an installer script on Linux and Windows, from Debian and RPM packages, from a Docker image or a ZIP archive, or builds from source with Cargo. The packages run it as a system service. The source is released under the MIT license and maintained in a GitHub organization named Ferron.

The project publishes guides for moving a setup from NGINX or from Apache .htaccess.

## Worth knowing

A newer major line is in release candidates, and the documentation site labels it as such by default. The stable line's guides are published under their own path, so a reader should check which line a page describes.

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