Comparison Kestrel vs OpenResty

Kestrel is available for use as an internet-facing web server and it can also be used with a reverse proxy server. Kestrel works by way of an event loop and callback-based notifications of I/O. It is lightweight in nature and provides users with a high-quality processing performance. It has many tutorials available for beginners as well.

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.