A simple comparison of web server performance

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• C (libuv)
• Rust (Hyper)
• Go
• Bun
• Node
• PHP (Development Server)
• Python (flask, gunicorn)

Results for MacBook Air M1 8 GB https://stan-kondrat.github.io/simple-web-server-benchmark-comparison/

How to run local

# Install dependencies (macOS)
brew install make go rust libuv bun node php

# Prepare virtual env
source myenv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
deactivate

# clean, build and run all
make 

# view results
open ./docs/index.html

Development

python3 -m venv myenv
source myenv/bin/activate
pip install psutil
pip freeze > requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements.txt

node main.js # or any 
./bench_runner.py <PID>
htop --pid <PID>

# available commands

make clean # clean all
make clean-go
make clean-python
make clean-rust
make clean-c_libuv
make clean-results

make build # build all
make build-go
make build-python
make build-rust
make build-c_libuv

make run # run all
make run-bun
make run-go
make run-node
make run-php
make run-python
make run-rust
make run-c_libuv

Why

Simply for fun and education!

Inspired by Anton Putra's tutorials

Contribution

This project can definitely be improved, and your ideas are welcome! Feel free to share them, open an issue, or just give the project a star. ⭐