# nginx

C-based HTTP web server with reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer and mail proxy features.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nginx/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://nginx.org/
- repository: https://github.com/nginx/nginx
- docs: https://nginx.org/en/docs/
- x: https://x.com/nginxorg
- forum: https://forum.nginx.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Nginx, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- 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: linux-packages-from-nginx-org, freebsd-packages, freebsd-ports, build-from-source, windows-binary

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-2-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 31914
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 2081367
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://nginx.org/en/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/nginx/nginx (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/nginx/nginx (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://nginx.org/en/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://nginx.org/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://nginx.org/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://nginx.org/en/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/nginx/nginx (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://nginx.org/en/docs/install.html (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://nginx.org/en/download.html (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/nginx/nginx/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/nginx/nginx (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://nginx.org/en/ (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://nginx.org/en/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://nginx.org/en/docs/install.html (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/nginx/nginx (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

nginx is a web server written in C that also works as a reverse proxy, a load balancer, a content cache and a mail proxy. Nginx, Inc. holds the copyright. The [installation guide](https://nginx.org/en/docs/install.html) covers the packaged, source and Windows routes.

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