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NGINX Unit

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

NGINX Unit is a universal web application server that runs application code, serves static assets and handles TLS and request routing. The installation guide 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.

Identity

Status
Discontinued12
Maintainer
NGINX, Inc.1
Maintained by
Company1
First release
20175

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on3
Install with
official binary packages3

Releases

Current major version
14
Last release
2025-09-114

Adoption

GitHub stars
5,5372
Contributors
507

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-30: name, links, Status, Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories
    unit.nginx.org/
  2. 2026-10-30: links, Status, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    github.com/nginx/unit
  3. 2026-10-30: links, Runtime, Install with, Runs as
    unit.nginx.org/installation/
  4. 2026-10-30: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/nginx/unit/releases/tag/1.35.0
  5. 2026-10-30: First release
    github.com/nginx/unit/blob/master/CHANGES
  6. 2026-10-30: License
    github.com/nginx/unit/blob/master/LICENSE
  7. 2026-10-30: Contributors
    github.com/nginx/unit/graphs/contributors

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