# OpenLiteSpeed

Open source, event-driven HTTP web server from LiteSpeed Technologies, compatible with Apache rewrite rules and ModSecurity.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/openlitespeed/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://openlitespeed.org
- repository: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed
- docs: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/
- x: https://twitter.com/litespeedtech
- forum: https://forum.openlitespeed.org
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2gbIbGhz3PR6N_U_MJLrzg
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276895526144472/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: LiteSpeed Technologies Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: linux-repository

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1488
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 35
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://openlitespeed.org/upgrade-to-litespeed-enterprise/ (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/releases/tag/v1.0.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/binary/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/upgrade/ (read 2026-10-30)
- adminUi: https://openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/binary/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/source/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.openlitespeed.org/installation/docker/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://openlitespeed.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/releases/tag/v1.9.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/releases/tag/v1.9.4 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/contributors (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

OpenLiteSpeed is an open source HTTP web server from LiteSpeed Technologies. It is event-driven and compatible with Apache rewrite rules and ModSecurity rules. It includes a built-in WebAdmin interface for managing the server.

The server can be installed from a LiteSpeed package repository, from a binary package, from source, from a Docker image or with a one-click script. After installation a command starts the web server, and it then keeps running as a server process.

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