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Apache HTTP Server Original author Robert McCool Developer Apache Software Foundation Release 1995; 31 years ago (1995)[1] Stable release 2.4.68[2] / June 8, 2026; 19 days ago (2026-06-08) Written in C[3] Operating system Unix-like, Microsoft Windows,[4] OpenVMS Type Web server License Apache-2.0 Website httpd.apache.org Repository github.com/apache/httpd

The **Apache HTTP Server** is a [free and open-source](/source/Free_and_open-source_software) cross-platform [web server](/source/Web_server), released under the terms of [Apache License 2.0](/source/Apache_License). It is developed and maintained by a community of developers under the auspices of the [Apache Software Foundation](/source/Apache_Software_Foundation).

The vast majority of Apache HTTP Server instances run on a [Linux distribution](/source/Linux_distribution),[5] but current versions also run on [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows),[6] [OpenVMS](/source/OpenVMS),[7] and a wide variety of [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like) systems. Past versions also ran on [NetWare](/source/NetWare), [OS/2](/source/OS%2F2) and other operating systems,[8] including ports to mainframes.[9]

Originally based on the [NCSA HTTPd](/source/NCSA_HTTPd) server, development of Apache began in early 1995 after work on the NCSA code stalled.[10] Apache played a key role in the initial growth of the [World Wide Web](/source/World_Wide_Web),[11] It quickly overtook NCSA HTTPd as the dominant web server software for [HTTP](/source/HTTP). In 2009, it became the first web server software to serve more than 100 million [websites](/source/Website).[12]

As of March 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_HTTP_Server&action=edit), [Netcraft](/source/Netcraft) estimated that Apache served 17.83% of the million busiest websites, with the other top four being [Cloudflare](/source/Cloudflare) at 22.99%, [Nginx](/source/Nginx) at 20.11%, and [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) [Internet Information Services](/source/Internet_Information_Services) at 4.16%.[13] According to W3Techs' review of all web sites, in April 2026 Apache was ranked third at 23.7% and Nginx first at 32.7%, with Cloudflare Server second at 27.7%.[14]

## Name

According to [The Apache Software Foundation](/source/The_Apache_Software_Foundation), its name was chosen "from respect for the various [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) nations collectively referred to as [Apache](/source/Apache), well-known for their superior skills in warfare strategy and their inexhaustible endurance".[15] This was in a context in which it seemed that the open internet—based on free exchange of open source code—appeared to be soon subjected to a kind of conquer by proprietary software vendor [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft); Apache co-creator [Brian Behlendorf](/source/Brian_Behlendorf)—originator of the name—saw his effort somewhat parallel that of [Geronimo](/source/Geronimo), Chief of the last of the free Apache peoples.[16][17] But it conceded that the name "also makes a cute [pun](/source/Pun) on 'a patchy [web server](/source/Web_server)'—a server made from a series of [patches](/source/Patch_(computing))".

Despite the Foundation's current claim that the name was chosen out of respect for Native Americans, previous statements, such as the project's official documentation in 1995, say that the name was instead based on a pun. This documentation did not mention Native American tribes in the context of the name:[18][19]

Apache is a cute name which stuck. It was based on some existing code and a series of software patches, a pun on 'A PAtCHy' server.

In addition, Behlendorf made no reference to Native American tribes when he talked about the origins of the name in a 2000 interview, where he stated that it was not a pun, but was instead chosen to be aggressive-sounding:[20]

The name literally came out of the blue. I wish I could say that it was something fantastic, but it was out of the blue. I put it on a page and then a few months later when this project started, I pointed people to this page and said: "Hey, what do you think of that idea?" ... Someone said they liked the name and that it was a really good pun. And I was like, "A pun? What do you mean?" He said, "Well, we're building a [server](/source/Server_(computing)) out of a bunch of software patches, right? So it's a patchy Web server." I went, "Oh, all right." ... When I thought of the name, no. It just sort of connoted: "Take no prisoners. Be kind of aggressive and kick some ass."

In January 2023, the US-based non-profit Natives in Tech accused the Apache Software Foundation of [cultural appropriation](/source/Cultural_appropriation) and urged them to change the foundation's name, and consequently also the names of the software projects it hosts. The Foundation did not change the name.[21][22]

When Apache is running under [Unix](/source/Unix), its process name is httpd, which is short for "HTTP [daemon](/source/Daemon_(computing))".[23]

## Feature overview

Apache supports a variety of features, many implemented as [compiled](/source/Compiler) [modules](/source/Modular_programming) which extend the core functionality. These include [authentication](/source/Authentication) features and support for [server-side](/source/Server-side) programming languages such as [Perl](/source/Mod_perl), [Python](/source/Mod_python), [Tcl](/source/Tcl_(programming_language)) and [PHP](/source/PHP). Apache also includes several authentication modules such as mod_access, mod_auth, mod_digest, and mod_auth_digest, the successor to mod_digest. A sample of other features include [Secure Sockets Layer](/source/Transport_Layer_Security#SSL_1.0,_2.0,_and_3.0) and [Transport Layer Security](/source/Transport_Layer_Security) support ([mod_ssl](/source/Mod_ssl)), a [proxy](/source/Proxy_server) module ([mod_proxy](/source/Mod_proxy)), a [URL rewriting](/source/URL_rewriting) module (mod_rewrite), custom log files (mod_log_config), and filtering support (mod_include and mod_ext_filter).[24]

Popular compression methods on Apache include the external extension module, mod_gzip, implemented to help with reduction of the size (weight) of web pages served over [HTTP](/source/HTTP). [ModSecurity](/source/ModSecurity) is an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for Web applications. Apache logs can be analyzed through a Web browser using free scripts, such as [AWStats](/source/AWStats)/[W3Perl](/source/W3Perl) or Visitors.

[Virtual hosting](/source/Virtual_hosting) allows one Apache installation to serve many different [websites](/source/Websites). For example, one computer with one Apache installation could simultaneously serve example.com, example.org, test47.test-server.example.edu, etc.

Apache features configurable error messages, [DBMS](/source/Database_management_system)-based authentication databases, [content negotiation](/source/Content_negotiation) and supports several [graphical user interfaces](/source/Graphical_user_interface) (GUIs).

It supports password authentication and [digital certificate](/source/Digital_certificate) authentication. Because the source code is freely available, anyone can adapt the server for specific needs, and there is a large public library of Apache add-ons.[25]

A more detailed list of features is provided below:

- Loadable Dynamic Modules

- Multiple Request Processing modes (MPMs) including [Event-based/Async](/source/Event_driven_programming), Threaded and Prefork.

- Highly scalable (easily handles [more than 10,000 simultaneous connections](/source/C10k_problem))

- Handling of static files, index files, auto-indexing and content negotiation

- .htaccess per-directory configuration support[26]

- [Reverse proxy](/source/Reverse_proxy) with caching[27] - [Load balancing](/source/Load_balancing_(computing))[28] with in-band health checks - Multiple load balancing mechanisms - [Fault tolerance](/source/Fault-tolerant_design) and Failover with automatic recovery - [WebSocket](/source/WebSocket), [FastCGI](/source/FastCGI), [SCGI](/source/Simple_Common_Gateway_Interface), [AJP](/source/Apache_JServ_Protocol) and [uWSGI](/source/UWSGI) support with caching - Dynamic configuration[29]

- [TLS/SSL](/source/Transport_Layer_Security) with [SNI](/source/Server_Name_Indication) and [OCSP stapling](/source/OCSP_stapling) support, via [OpenSSL](/source/OpenSSL) or [wolfSSL](/source/WolfSSL).

- Name- and IP address-based virtual servers

- [IPv6](/source/IPv6)-compatible

- [HTTP/2](/source/HTTP%2F2) support

- Fine-grained authentication and authorization access control[30]

- [gzip](/source/Gzip) compression and decompression

- URL rewriting[31]

- Headers[32] and content[33][34] rewriting

- Custom logging with rotation

- Concurrent connection limiting

- Request processing rate limiting

- [Bandwidth throttling](/source/Bandwidth_throttling)

- [Server Side Includes](/source/Server_Side_Includes)[35]

- [IP address](/source/IP_address)-based [geolocation](/source/Geolocation)

- User and Session tracking[36]

- [WebDAV](/source/WebDAV)

- Embedded [Perl](/source/Perl), [PHP](/source/PHP) and [Lua](/source/Lua_(programming_language)) scripting

- [CGI](/source/Common_Gateway_Interface) support[37]

- public_html per-user web-pages[38]

- Generic expression parser[39]

- Real-time status views[40]

- [FTP](/source/FTP) support (by a separate module)[41]

## Performance

Instead of implementing a single architecture, Apache provides a variety of MultiProcessing Modules (MPMs) which determine how the server handles multiple connections and requests. These modules allow Apache to run in either a [process](/source/Process_(computing))-based mode, a hybrid (process and [thread](/source/Thread_(computing))) mode, or an event-driven mode, in order to better match the demands of different environments. Choice of MPM and configuration is therefore important.[42]

For delivering static pages, Apache 2.2 series was considered significantly slower than [nginx](/source/Nginx) and [varnish](/source/Varnish_(software)).[43] To address this issue, the Apache developers created the Event MPM, which mixes the use of several processes and several threads per process in an [asynchronous](/source/Asynchrony_(computer_programming)) [event-based loop](/source/Event_loop).[44][*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] This architecture as implemented in the Apache 2.4 series performs at least as well as event-based web servers, according to [Jim Jagielski](/source/Jim_Jagielski) and other independent sources.[45][46][47] However, some independent but significantly outdated benchmarks show that it is still half as fast as nginx, e.g.[48]

## Licensing

The Apache HTTP Server [codebase](/source/Codebase) was [relicensed](/source/Software_relicensing) to the [Apache 2.0 License](/source/Apache_License) (from the previous 1.1 license) in January 2004,[49] and Apache HTTP Server 1.3.31 and 2.0.49 were the first [releases](/source/Software_release_life_cycle) using the new license.[50]

The [OpenBSD](/source/OpenBSD) project did not like the change and continued the use of pre-2.0 Apache versions, effectively [forking](/source/Fork_(software_development)) Apache 1.3.x for its purposes.[51][52][53] They initially replaced it with [Nginx](/source/Nginx), and soon after made their own replacement, OpenBSD Httpd, based on the Relayd project.[54][55][56][57]

### Versions

Version 1.1: The Apache License 1.1 was approved by the ASF in 2000: The primary change from the 1.0 license is in the 'advertising clause' (section 3 of the 1.0 license); derived products are no longer required to include attribution in their advertising materials, only in their documentation.

Version 2.0: The ASF adopted the Apache License 2.0 in January 2004. The stated goals of the license included making the license easier for non-ASF projects to use, improving compatibility with GPL-based software, allowing the license to be included by reference instead of listed in every file, clarifying the license on contributions, and requiring a patent license on contributions that necessarily infringe a contributor's own patents.

## Development

Versions of Apache HTTP Server Version Initial release Latest release Unsupported: 1.3 1998-06-06[58] 2010-02-03 (1.3.42)[59] Unsupported: 2.0 2002-04-06[60] 2013-07-10 (2.0.65)[61] Unsupported: 2.2 2005-12-01[62] 2017-07-11 (2.2.34)[63] Latest version: 2.4 2012-02-21[64] 2026-05-04 (2.4.67)[65] Legend: Unsupported Supported Latest version Preview version Future version

The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, feature-rich and freely available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation. This project is part of the [Apache Software Foundation](/source/The_Apache_Software_Foundation). In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and documentation to the project.[66][67][68]

Apache 2.4 dropped support for [BeOS](/source/BeOS), [TPF](/source/Transaction_Processing_Facility), [A/UX](/source/A%2FUX), [NeXT](/source/NeXT), and [Tandem](/source/Tandem_Computers) platforms.[8]

## Security

Older versions of Apache were vulnerable to a [denial-of-service attack](/source/Denial-of-service_attack) called [Slowloris](/source/Slowloris_(computer_security)), which creates many simultaneous partially completed requests, exhausting the server's pool of available connections.[69] Since Apache 2.2.15, Apache ships the module mod_reqtimeout as the official solution supported by the developers.[70]

## See also

- [Free and open-source software portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_and_open-source_software)

- [.htaccess](/source/.htaccess)

- [.htpasswd](/source/.htpasswd)

- [ApacheBench](/source/ApacheBench)

- [Comparison of web server software](/source/Comparison_of_web_server_software)

- [IBM HTTP Server](/source/IBM_HTTP_Server)

- [LAMP (software bundle)](/source/LAMP_(software_bundle))

- [XAMPP](/source/XAMPP)

- [List of Apache modules](/source/List_of_Apache_modules)

- [List of free and open-source software packages](/source/List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages)

- [POSSE project](/source/POSSE_project)

- [suEXEC](/source/SuEXEC)

- [Apache Tomcat](/source/Apache_Tomcat) - another web server developed by the Apache Software Foundation

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