nginx
nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. Originally written by Igor Sysoev and distributed under the 2-clause BSD License. Enterprise distributions, commercial support and training are available from F5, Inc.
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Latest News
| 2026-04-14 | nginx-1.30.0 stable version has been released, incorporating new features and bug fixes from the 1.29.x mainline branch — including Early Hints, HTTP/2 to backend and Encrypted ClientHello, sticky sessions support for upstreams, Multipath TCP support, the default proxy HTTP version set to HTTP/1.1 with keep-alive enabled, and more. |
| 2026-04-07 | nginx-1.29.8 mainline version has been released. |
| 2026-03-24 | nginx-1.28.3 stable and nginx-1.29.7 mainline versions have been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability in the ngx_http_dav_module (CVE-2026-27654), buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the ngx_http_mp4_module (CVE-2026-27784, CVE-2026-32647), mail session authentication vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27651, CVE-2026-28753) and OCSP result bypass vulnerability in stream (CVE-2026-28755). Additionally, nginx-1.29.7 mainline version introduces support for Multipath TCP and upgrades the default proxy HTTP version to HTTP/1.1 with keep-alive enabled. |
| 2026-03-10 | nginx-1.29.6 mainline version has been released, featuring sticky sessions support for upstreams. |
Other NGINX Projects
 | NGINX JavaScript (njs) extends nginx functionality with an ECMAScript-compatible interpreter for HTTP and Stream modules. Docs • Code |
 | NGINX Ingress Controller connects Kubernetes apps and services with rock solid request handling, auth, self-service CRDs, and easy debugging. Not to be confused with ingress-nginx, the separate Kubernetes community project. Docs • Code |
 | NGINX Gateway Fabric provides L4 and L7 routing capabilities in Kubernetes, implementing the Gateway API using NGINX as the data plane. Docs • Code |