Apache HTTP Server

The Apache HTTP Server, colloquially called Apache (/əˈpætʃiː/ ə-pa-chee), is the world's most widely used web server software.

Development and maintenance

Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.

Operating systems supported

Most commonly used on a Unix-like system (usually GNU/Linux), the software is available for a wide variety of operating systems, besides Unix and GNU+Linux, including eComStation, Microsoft Windows, NetWare, OpenVMS, OS/2, and TPF.

Free and open source

Released under the Apache License, Apache is free and open source software.

Usage

As of June 2013, Apache was estimated to serve 54.2% of all active websites and 53.3% of the top servers across all domains.

History

Originally based on the NCSA HTTPd server, development of Apache began in early 1995 after work on the NCSA code stalled.

Apache played a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web, quickly overtaking NCSA HTTPd as the dominant HTTP server, and has remained the most popular HTTP server since April 1996.

In 2009, it became the first web server software to serve more than 100 million websites.

See also

• Apache License
• Free software
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• Web server
• XAMPP

External links

• Apache HTTP Server @ Wikipedia