Tornado Web Server Alternatives

Tornado Web Server is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Tornado Web Server for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Tornado Web Server alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tornado Web Server are Apache HTTP Server, BunkerWeb, lighttpd and DevBind.

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  1. Appweb icon
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    Embedthis Appweb is a fast, compact embedded Web server. It is unmatched in efficiency and serves pages at native speed, using an event-driven, non-blocking core to serve multiple requests using minimal resources. It has integrated caching and the ESP "C" Web framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. UltiDev icon
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    UltiDev Web Server Pro (UWS), also known as UltiDev Cassini Pro, is an an advanced, redistributable web server that can be use as a regular web server to host web sites and ASP.NET applications, or packaged with your web application and installed on your customers' systems...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    asyncoro is a Python framework for developing concurrent, distributed programs with asynchronous completions and coroutines. Asynchronous completions implemented in asyncoro are socket I/O operations (non-blocking sockets), database cursors, sleep timers and locking primitives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. This program was build as an alternative for Microsoft IIS . The main goal was to design a simple web server with support for ASP. Setting up Baby ASP Web Server is very easy: copy the executable to a directory of your choice, set the directory...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Ever wanted to set up a webserver so that you could have your friends check out a new page you're working on? Or maybe you'd just like to play around with HTML, and need to have a local webserver to get a good feel...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Tntnet icon
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    Fast web server for high performance C++ web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. VBServer icon
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    Create a personal web server with simplicity, reliability, and ease using VBServer. Features include PHP, HTTP, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Need to share some files with your colleagues or setup basic html website on your machine? It's very simple with Simple HTTP Server. Just click 'Start server' and choose a folder to share. The url already in your clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9.  1 like

    Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby libraries in web history:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. mongrel2 icon
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    Mongrel2 is an application, language, and network architecture agnostic web server that focuses on web applications using modern browser technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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