Editing Lighttpd (section)

==Usage==
Lighttpd was used in the past by several high-traffic websites, including [[Bloglines]], [[xkcd]], [[Meebo]], and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/servers/article.php/17191_3678346|title = Fly Light With Lighttpd Web Server| publisher = ServerWatch | access-date = 2008-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331045948/http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/servers/article.php/17191_3678346|archive-date=31 March 2014}}</ref>{{better ref needed|date=July 2015}} The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] also once ran Lighttpd servers.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.lighttpd.net/2007/4/4/powered-by-lighttpd
| title=Powered by Lighttpd
| publisher=The official site
| date=2007-04-04
| quote=lighttpd is used by many well-known sites. The typical scenario is using lighttpd as off-load server to push out static content and leave the complex work to another server.
| access-date=2008-12-22}}</ref>
Due to relatively small size it's often used in embedded devices like GL.iNet and [[Turris Omnia]].

It's also used by [[git]] as a HTTP server daemon.