Roxen (web server)
Roxen is a free software web server produced by Roxen Internet Software, a company based in Linköping, Sweden and named after the nearby lake Roxen. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Roxen originally appeared as Spinner in the mid-1990s and is written in uLPC or Pike. During its heyday, Roxen was used by large companies such as RealNetworks, Granada Media, Xmission and MCI.
| Original author(s) | Per Hedbor |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Roxen Internet Software AB |
| Initial release | 1996 |
| Stable release | 6.1.246-release5
/ May 7, 2018 |
| Written in | Pike |
| Type | Web server |
| License | GPL |
| Website | download |
Roxen was in many aspects ahead of its time, featuring a web-based Graphical user interface (GUI) administration interface, loadable modules that could be written in several languages including Pike and later Java, dynamic content generation with a comprehensive caching system, replication systems for multi-headed servers, and an embedded SQL server for data-heavy server operations (as well as broad support for other databases). Roxen was built to meet the needs of content creators.