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Apache server The Apache project has produced a full-featured, general purpose HTTP server, including non-forking server pool operation, an API for server extensions, content negotiation, extended logfiles, etc. Includes the complete source code. Platforms: unix.

CERN server The World Wide Web daemon program, full featured, with access authorization and research tools. This daemon is also used as a basis for many other types of server and gateways. Platforms: unix, VMS.

NCSA server A server for files, written in C, public domain. Many features as CERN's httpd. Platforms: unix.

Spinner Spinner is a modularised, object oriented World Wide Web HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/0.9 compliant server, distributed under the GPL license.

Alibaba A server for Windows NT provided by Computer Software Manufaktur.

CL-HTTP CL-HTTP is a full-featured, object-oriented HTTP server written in Common Lisp by John Mallery at the M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It runs on MAC, UNIX, and the Lisp Machine, and ports are underway to the PC.

GoServe A server for OS/2 supporting both HTTP and Gopher, from Mike Cowlishaw of IBM UK Laboratories.

GN A single server providing both HTTP and Gopher access to the same data. In C, General Public License. Designed to help servers transition from gopher to WWW. Platforms: unix.

GWHIS Server Specialized WWW Servers. Commercial, from Quadralay, Inc.

HTTPS for Windows/NT Service for NT. Configurable using control panel.

Jungle Server in Tk/TCL being written by Lindsay Marshall

MacHTTP Server for the Macintosh.

Netsite Commercially supported server from Netscape Communications Inc.

Perl server from Marc VanHeyningen at Indiana University. Written in perl. Platforms: unix

Phttpd server A general WWW server written in C, using features like multithreading, memory mapping and dynamic linking to achieve its goals of high speed, scalability and light weight. Written by Peter Eriksson of Signum Support AB. Platform: SunOS 5.4 (Unix)

Plexus Tony Sander's server originally based on Marc VH's, but incorporating lots more stuff, including an Archie gateway, etc etc. Platforms: unix.

Purveyor Process Software's server for Windows NT and future Win32 platforms such as Windows 95.

REXX for VM A server consisting of a amall C program which passes control to a server written in REXX.

HTTP for VM By R.M.Troth.

VAX/VMS server Uses DEC/Threads for speed.

SerWeb SerWeb is a WWW server that can run on the Windows 3.1 system.

Website A server for NT and Win95 from O'Reilly.

Windows httpd 1.4 A Windows server created by Robert Denny; see the home page for full details.

WN The design of WN is based on the use of a small flat database in each directory with information about the files in that directory. Fields associated with a file include its title, and may include keywords, expiration date and any user defined fields like author or document id. (User's Guide, Features)

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Apache very popular & free
IIS Microsoft Internet Information Server
iPlanet from Sun
Zeus a good alternative
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