Fast, small, secure, portable web server
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X5 is the latest generation web server from iMatix Corporation. The Xitami product line stretches back to 1996. X5 is built using iMatix's current Base2 technology for multithreading applications. On multicore machines, it is much more scalable than Xitami/2. See Wikipedia article on Xitami.

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News

  • X5 Binaries For Windows (February 18, 2009) iMatix publishes the first binaries of X5, its relaunched Xitami webserver, and launches a new website. (+0 "0")

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Email lists

  • The Xitami developer's group is a mailing list for discussing Xitami development issues. To subscribe, email gro.imatix.stsil|tseuqer-ved-imatix#gro.imatix.stsil|tseuqer-ved-imatix with: subscribe xitami-dev.
  • The Xitami user group is a mailing list for discussion about installing and using Xitami. To subscribe, email gro.imatix.stsil|tseuqer-imatix#gro.imatix.stsil|tseuqer-imatix with : subscribe xitami.

Recent comments

Hello, it is great to see that Xitami is back again :-) I used Xitami years ago with OS/2 to...
(by Neither 1244714489|%O ago, posts: 1)
I want clients to my website to be able to follow directories to the items of...
(by puppetboy 1241450704|%O ago, posts: 1)
Note that this script also reproduced the error: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34681/info
(by pieterh 1240917803|%O ago, posts: 2)
Fix will be released in 5.0a1
(by pieterh 1240917766|%O ago, posts: 2)
Hi everyone, 1st Thanks! Love it- but running into one big problem. I'm trying to download a file...
(by royboy 1238681463|%O ago, posts: 6)
would be almost perfect for me if it could start as a service or automatically start and minimize...
(by dnndev 1237313982|%O ago, posts: 1)
WSX
I just wondering does/will X5 support WSX. Main reason personally for me wanting to use Xitami is...
(by jsoftj 1237134750|%O ago, posts: 6)
Sorry, X5 does not yet implement filters.
(by pieterh 1236258215|%O ago, posts: 6)
X5 does not use the same config files as Xitami 2.5. Totally different… Here is an example of...
(by pieterh 1236258195|%O ago, posts: 6)
How do I run external comand processors like PHP and DBFREE? I mean, with 2.x I was putting into...
(by maxsis 1236175058|%O ago, posts: 6)

Open issues

5 - Add support for SSL: This issue is a request for SSL/TLS support in Xitami. (1235050712|%B %m, %Y) (+0 "0")

4 - Add support for LRWP: This issue is a request for LRWP support in Xitami. (1235050659|%B %m, %Y) (+0 "0")

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Wiki pages

Virtual Hosting: A short article on virtual hosting (multihomed domains) in X5. (1241424573|%B %m, %Y)

Directory Lists: How to configure X5 to show directory lists. (1241422708|%B %m, %Y)

2.5 Patches: This page lists various patches for Xitami 2.5. (1240919129|%B %m, %Y)

Access Logs: Xitami/5 generates access logs in the standard Apache format as well as custom formats. (1234964672|%B %m, %Y)

Feature Requests: Main features request for Xitami/5, taken from Xitami list discussion (1234964630|%B %m, %Y)

Security and Access Control: A web server is only as good as its security. (1234964598|%B %m, %Y)

Summary of Features: Xitami/5 is a simple web server which focuses on security and ease of use. These are the key features explained in this document: (1234964556|%B %m, %Y)

History

Xitami/2 was the Internet.com #1 server in 1998. These are some of the awards Xitami won from web sites:

  • Internet.com #1 in "Top 10 Web Servers"
  • Internet.com Hall of Fame 1998
  • Internet.com Hall of Fame 1999
  • ZDNet Editors' Pick
  • Dave Central's Best of Linux Award 1999

iMatix no longer supports Xitami/2.x but you can still get the source code, binaries, and documentation: