Nginx
| NGINX | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Igor Sysoev |
| Developer(s) | F5 |
| Initial release | 4 October 2004 |
| Stable release | 1.28.0
/ 23 April 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | BSD variants, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, macOS, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and other *nix flavors |
| Type | Web server, reverse/mail proxy server |
| License | Nginx: BSD-2-Clause License Nginx Plus: Proprietary software |
| Website | nginx |
Nginx (pronounced "engine x" /ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks/ EN-jin-EKS, stylized as NGINX or nginx) is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. The software was created by Russian developer Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004. Nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms of the 2-clause BSD license. A large fraction of web servers use Nginx, often as a load balancer.
A company of the same name was founded in 2011 to provide support and NGINX Plus paid software. In March 2019, the company was acquired by F5 for $670 million.