What is NGINX?

Ultra-fast, highly
scalable, very reliable
Layer 7 acceleration &
caching
100000+ concurrent
connections per server
Secure and efficient
Lowest memory
footprint
Flexible and logical
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NGINX™ is a high performance edge web server with the lowest memory footprint and the key features to build modern and efficient web infrastructure.

Today NGINX is the 2nd most popular open source web server on the Internet.

NGINX functionality includes HTTP server, HTTP and mail reverse proxy, caching, load balancing, compression, request throttling, connection multiplexing and reuse, SSL offload and HTTP media streaming.

Dev updates

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Feb 15, 2012

nginx-1.1.15 development version released

With disable_symlinks, proxy_cookie_domain and proxy_cookie_path directives
Feb 02, 2012

nginx-1.0.12 stable version released

Jan 30, 2012

nginx-1.1.14 development version released

Jan 16, 2012

nginx-1.1.13 development version released

Dec 26, 2011

nginx-1.1.12 development version released

With cache locks
Dec 15, 2011

nginx-1.0.11 stable version released

Dec 12, 2011

nginx-1.1.11 development version released

Nov 30, 2011

nginx-1.1.10 development version released

Bugfix for Linux AIO crash appeared in 1.1.9
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News & Press

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Feb 07, 2012  |  Nginx, Inc.

NGINX Launches Commercial Support for Its World Renowned Open Source Web Server

NGINX announced today commercial support options for companies using its open source web server in production.

Jan 20, 2012  |  Software Quality Connection

NGINX: The Faster Web Server Alternative

This formerly obscure Web server is gaining popularity with businesses. NGINX is now the new number two Web server, largely because it promises a fast, light, open-source alternative to Apache.

Jan 11, 2012  |  Nginx, Inc.

NGINX's Igor Sysoev Wins 2012 Cloud Award for Developer of the Year

Today, open source web developer NGINX announced that Igor Sysoev, co-founder and author of its widely used edge web server, has been named Developer of the Year for the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards.

Jan 09, 2012  |  CMSWire

Open Source Web Server nginx Passes IIS in Popularity

The web server market has been stable for ages. Year after year, open source darling Apache HTTP server takes first place by an impressive margin and Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) takes the silver. Well, it looks like things are changing.