Kestrel

Category - Web Servers

Kestrel is open-source, event-driven web server used to host ASP.NET applications on any platform. Kestrel is the default web server specified by the ASP.NET Core project templates.


We have discovered  35,894 live websites   that are using Kestrel.

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Technology usage statistics

Websites using Kestrel35,894 websites
Most popular in the country United States
Market position in Web Servers#26
Market share in Web Servers<0.1%

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Kestrel usage. (See Kestrel Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Kestrel+1,073
Websites that dropped Kestrel-1,265

Kestrel usage distribution by website rank

The correlation between utilization of Kestrel technology and the relative popularity of websites

Market Share

Kestrel market share within the Web Servers category



Geographical Distribution

Technology usage distribution by websites across the globe.



Websites utilizing Kestrel

Top websites that use Kestrel
DomainCountryRankContacts
microsoft.com United States103
support.microsoft.com United States165
gum.criteo.com France467
archive.codeplex.com United States1,082
skype.com United States1,359
www.marketwatch.com United States1,656
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Always Used together


Microsoft ASP.NET: Total 3,463,747 domains found using Microsoft ASP.NET
Category - Web Application Frameworks. 11,612,768 domains found using Web Application Frameworks


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LiteSpeed: Total 4,066,681 domains found using LiteSpeed
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Microsoft HTTPAPI: Total 626,273 domains found using Microsoft HTTPAPI
GHS: Total 276,272 domains found using GHS
Cowboy: Total 256,873 domains found using Cowboy