Merge pull request #471 from awesome-foss/cleanup-web

Cleanup/improve Web section, remove Cherokee and uWSGI

README.md

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 **[`^        back to top        ^`](#awesome-sysadmin)**
 
-*Web servers.*
+[Web servers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server) and [reverse proxies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy).
 
-- [Algernon](http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/) - Web/application server that supports Lua, live-reload, templates, Sass and HTTP/2.
+- [Algernon](https://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/) - Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support. ([Source Code](https://github.com/xyproto/algernon)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Go`
-- [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) - A robust, commercial-grade, featureful implementation of an HTTP (Web) server.
+- [Apache HTTP Server](https://httpd.apache.org/) - Secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. ([Source Code](https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/)) `Apache-2.0` `C`
-- [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) - Lightweight, general-purpose web server supporting HTTP/2, automatic TLS and easy configuration. Written in Go.
+- [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) - Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS. ([Source Code](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
-- [Cherokee](http://cherokee-project.com/) - Lightweight, high-performance web server/reverse proxy.
+- [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) - Very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. ([Source Code](https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=tree)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
-- [Hiawatha](https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/) - Prioritises security, simplicity and performance.
+- [Hiawatha](https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/) - An advanced and secure webserver for Unix. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/hiawatha)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
-- [Lighttpd](http://www.lighttpd.net/) - Web server more optimized for speed-critical environments.
+- [Lighttpd](https://www.lighttpd.net/) - Secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. ([Source Code](https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C`
-- [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) - Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache, and web server.
+- [Nginx](https://nginx.org/en/) - HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server. ([Source Code](https://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/tip)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C`
-- [uWSGI](https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/) - The uWSGI project aims at developing a full stack for building hosting services.
+- [Traefik](https://traefik.io/) - HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/traefik/traefik)) `MIT` `C/Docker`
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+- [Varnish](https://varnish-cache.org/) - Web application accelerator/caching HTTP reverse proxy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C`
-*Web Performance.*
-
-- [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) - Software based load Balancing, SSL offloading and performance optimization, compression, and general web routing.
-- [Traefik](https://traefik.io/) - Traefik is a leading modern reverse proxy and load balancer.
-- [Varnish](https://www.varnish-cache.org/) - HTTP based web application accelerator focusing on optimizing caching and compression.
 
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