NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy,
as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. NGINX is known for its high performance,
stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
NGINX is one of a handful of servers written to address the C10K problem. Unlike traditional servers, NGINX doesn’t rely on threads to handle requests. Instead it uses a much more scalable event-driven (asynchronous) architecture. This architecture uses small, but more importantly, predictable amounts of memory under load. Even if you don’t expect to handle thousands of simultaneous requests, you can still benefit from NGINX’s high-performance and small memory footprint. NGINX scales in all directions: from the smallest VPS all the way up to large clusters of servers.
NGINX powers several high-visibility sites, such as Netflix, Hulu, Pinterest, CloudFlare, Airbnb, WordPress.com, GitHub, SoundCloud, Zynga, Eventbrite, Zappos, Media Temple, Heroku, RightScale, Engine Yard, StackPath, CDN77 and many others.
Even someone relatively new to NGINX can deploy it within 30 minutes. Many NGINX experts can do it even faster. So let’s work together to do good and make it happen. Everyone can contribute:
NGINX is one of a handful of servers written to address the C10K problem. Unlike traditional servers, NGINX doesn’t rely on threads to handle requests. Instead it uses a much more scalable event-driven (asynchronous) architecture. This architecture uses small, but more importantly, predictable amounts of memory under load. Even if you don’t expect to handle thousands of simultaneous requests, you can still benefit from NGINX’s high-performance and small memory footprint. NGINX scales in all directions: from the smallest VPS all the way up to large clusters of servers.
NGINX powers several high-visibility sites, such as Netflix, Hulu, Pinterest, CloudFlare, Airbnb, WordPress.com, GitHub, SoundCloud, Zynga, Eventbrite, Zappos, Media Temple, Heroku, RightScale, Engine Yard, StackPath, CDN77 and many others.
Even someone relatively new to NGINX can deploy it within 30 minutes. Many NGINX experts can do it even faster. So let’s work together to do good and make it happen. Everyone can contribute:
- Educators, agency employees, and non‑profit workers who aren’t technical, plus consumers of their services – Share this blog with your organization, directly to the webmaster or IT system administrator if possible.
- Webmasters and IT administrators – Read this blog to learn about the free resources we’re offering to help you quickly install and use NGINX at this critical time.
- NGINX OSS community members – Share your NGINX expertise with those in need! Follow the nginx tag on Stack Overflow1 to help answer questions as they come in.
