# NGINX Unit

Universal web application server that runs application code, serves static assets and handles TLS and request routing.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nginx-unit/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://unit.nginx.org/
- repository: https://github.com/nginx/unit
- docs: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/
- forum: https://github.com/nginx/unit/discussions

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: NGINX, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: official binary packages

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-09-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5537
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 50
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/nginx/unit (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- status: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- status: https://github.com/nginx/unit (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://unit.nginx.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/nginx/unit (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/nginx/unit/releases/tag/1.35.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/nginx/unit/releases/tag/1.35.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/nginx/unit/blob/master/CHANGES (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/nginx/unit/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/nginx/unit (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/nginx/unit (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://github.com/nginx/unit/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

NGINX Unit is a universal web application server that runs application code, serves static assets and handles TLS and request routing. The [installation guide](https://unit.nginx.org/installation/) covers official binary packages, a Docker official image, a Homebrew tap, a Node.js module and a build from source, and it shows Unit started as a daemon.

## Worth knowing

The homepage states that NGINX Unit is archived and unmaintained. The GitHub repository is archived too.

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