Comparison JBoss Application Server vs OpenResty

JBoss Application Server, also simply known as JBoss, is a popular application service available on numerous platforms. It is open-source software. JBoss Application Server, although originally written by JBoss, is now developed under Red Hat. It has changed its name to Wildfly. Wildfly is a lightweight application that allows users to build complex applications with proper management of resources and reduced costs. It is centralized, user-friendly and provides test-driven development by its use of the Arquillian framework. Red Hat also provides an Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) to its users for a non-production development environment. The EAP is available for 1year at a no-cost license of Red Hat EAP.

OpenResty is a web application platform started by Yichun Zhang. It is one of the most widely used web servers. It is based on Nginx and comes with several Lua libraries. It is recognized for its multiple 3rd party Nginx module options as well. It provides an optimal architecture that can process a huge number of requests with ease. It helps mainly with the building and development of web applications, servers and gateways. It works by way of machine coding. It offers different products such as OpenResty Plus, OpenResty Edge, OpenResty Xray and OpenResty OSS, which are designed to meet the different needs of its users.