OpenResty
Bundle of the nginx core, third-party nginx modules and LuaJIT for building scriptable web applications.
OpenResty is a web platform that bundles the nginx core, a set of third-party nginx modules and their dependencies into one build, and adds LuaJIT so that request handling can be scripted in Lua. The bundle is written in C and maintained by OpenResty Inc. It runs as a long-lived nginx process that is started with its own configuration file.
Installation is through Homebrew, through binary packages for Linux distributions, or by building the source, as the installation page describes. The project homepage presents it as a web platform built on Nginx and LuaJIT.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Always on4
- Rendering
- On a server1
- Install with
- brew install openresty/brew/openresty, binary packages or source build5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-26: links, description, Built on, Rendering, License, License model
github.com/openresty/openresty/blob/master/README.markdown - 2026-10-26: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/openresty/openresty - 2026-10-26: Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories, Runtime
openresty.org/en/ - 2026-10-26: Runs as
openresty.org/en/getting-started.html - 2026-10-26: Install with
openresty.org/en/installation.html - 2026-10-26: First release
openresty.org/en/changelog-1000004.html - 2026-10-26: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/openresty/openresty/releases - 2026-10-26: Last release
openresty.org/en/download.html - 2026-10-26: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/openresty/openresty/contributors?per_page=1