The Best 34 Microsoft IIS Alternatives

  • Apache HTTP Server icon

    Apache HTTP Server

    Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web and in 2009 became the first web server to surpass the 100 million web site milestone.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

    Configurable Modules
  • FileZilla Server icon

    FileZilla Server

    filezilla server, sister product to filezilla client, is an ftp server that supports ftp and ftp over ssl/tls. ftp over ssl/tls provides secure encrypted connections to the server.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • lighttpd icon

    lighttpd

    lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Cherokee icon

    Cherokee

    Cherokee is a flexible, very fast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable and extensible with plug-ins.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

  • Abyss Webserver icon

    Abyss Webserver

    Abyss Web Server is a compact web server available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems. Despite its small footprint, it supports HTTP/1.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • Hiawatha icon

    Hiawatha

    Hiawatha, a secure and advanced webserver

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

  • Tornado Web Server icon

    Tornado Web Server

    Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks (and certainly most Python frameworks) because it is non-blocking and reasonably fast.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux

  • vsftpd icon

    vsftpd

    Very secure FTP Daemon, a secure, fast FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Syncplify.me Server! icon

    Syncplify.me Server!

    Syncplify.me Server! is the free FTP, FTPS, and SFTP server for Windows by Syncplify, Inc. Powerful, secure, yet very easy to configure, this software simplifies regulatory compliance and operation of a secure file transfer server.

    Free Personal Windows

  • VBServer icon

    VBServer

    Create a personal web server with simplicity, reliability, and ease using VBServer.

    Free Windows

  • Serv-U FTP Server icon

    Serv-U FTP Server

    Serv-U is the FTP server that is both secure and easy to use. Sharing files through the Internet is a smooth process with the industrys most popular FTP server.

    Commercial Windows

  • gatling icon

    gatling

    A high performance web server. Small! (125k static Linux-x86 binary with HTTP, FTP and SMB support). Fast! (measure for yourself, please) Scalable!

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Baby FTP Server icon

    Baby FTP Server

    This Baby FTP server has only the most necessary features and is yet powerful enough to be a basis for a more complex server.

    Free Personal Windows

  • Tinyweb icon

    Tinyweb

    TinyWeb is an extremely small (executable file size is 53K), simple (no configuration other than through the command line) and fast (consumes a minimum of system...

    Free Windows

  • BulletProof FTP Server icon

    BulletProof FTP Server

    BPFTP Server is a powerful Windows FTP Server that's easy to install and manage. Total control over connected users and where your files go.

    Commercial Windows

  • TYPSoft FTP Server icon

    TYPSoft FTP Server

    A portable FTP server that allows definitions of several users with root directory and virtual directory, plus quite powerful control permissions. Amazingly small, it works well.

    Free Personal Windows