Nginx
Web server, reverse proxy, cache and load balancer.
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- Chocolatey
choco install nginx - Homebrew
brew install nginx
About Nginx
Nginx serves static files, terminates TLS, proxies to application servers and caches responses using an event-driven model that holds many connections on little memory. It also works as a TCP and UDP proxy and a mail proxy, and is the foundation of many higher-level tools.
Strengths
- Event-driven model handles large numbers of idle connections cheaply
- One binary covers static serving, reverse proxying, caching and load balancing
Limitations
- Dynamic modules must usually be compiled in
- Several load-balancing and monitoring features are exclusive to the paid Nginx Plus
Details
- Pricing
- FreeNginx open source is free. Nginx Plus is a paid subscription.
- License
- BSD-2-Clause
- Developer
- F5
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Web server, reverse proxy, cache and load balancer
- Categories
- Network tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Self-Hosting & Homelab); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.