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Jetty vs OpenResty: What are the differences?

Jetty: An open-source project providing an HTTP server, HTTP client, and javax.servlet container. Jetty is used in a wide variety of projects and products, both in development and production. Jetty can be easily embedded in devices, tools, frameworks, application servers, and clusters. See the Jetty Powered page for more uses of Jetty; OpenResty: Turning Nginx into a Full-fledged Web App Server. OpenResty (aka. ngx_openresty) is a full-fledged web application server by bundling the standard Nginx core, lots of 3rd-party Nginx modules, as well as most of their external dependencies.

Jetty and OpenResty can be primarily classified as "Web Servers" tools.

Jetty and OpenResty are both open source tools. OpenResty with 7.12K GitHub stars and 984 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Jetty with 2.55K GitHub stars and 1.4K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Jetty has a broader approval, being mentioned in 58 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to OpenResty, which is listed in 37 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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      What is Jetty?

      Jetty is used in a wide variety of projects and products, both in development and production. Jetty can be easily embedded in devices, tools, frameworks, application servers, and clusters. See the Jetty Powered page for more uses of Jetty.

      What is OpenResty?

      OpenResty (aka. ngx_openresty) is a full-fledged web application server by bundling the standard Nginx core, lots of 3rd-party Nginx modules, as well as most of their external dependencies.

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      Netty
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      JBoss
      An application platform for hosting your apps that provides an innovative modular, cloud-ready architecture, powerful management and automation, and world class developer productivity.
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