nginx Alternatives

nginx is described as '[engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Rambler (RamblerMedia.com)' and is a very popular Web Server in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to nginx for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best nginx alternative is Apache HTTP Server, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nginx are Caddy, Træfik Proxy, Ferron and Haproxy.

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    rwasa is a full-featured, high performance, scalable web server designed to compete with the likes of nginx. It has been built from the ground-up in x86_64 assembly language.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Rwasa Features

    1.  HTTP server

    Rwasa VS nginx

     
  2. Reproxy icon
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    Reproxy is a simple edge HTTP(s) server / reverse proxy supporting various providers (docker, static, file). One or more providers supply information about the requested server, requested url, destination URL, and health check url.

    11 Reproxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Reproxy Features

    1.  HTTP Proxy
    2.  HTTP server

    Reproxy VS nginx

     
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    Mongoose is easy to use web server. It also can be used as embedded web server library to provide web interface to applications.

    26 Mongoose alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Mongoose Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  HTTP server
    3.  SSL

    Mongoose VS nginx

     
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    Mongrel2 is an application, language, and network architecture agnostic web server that focuses on web applications using modern browser technologies.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    mongrel2 Features

    1.  HTTP server

    mongrel2 VS nginx

     
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    TinyWeb is an extremely small (< 100K), simple (no configuration other than through the command line) and lightweight (consumes a minimum of system resources) Web server for Windows. It supports CGI.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TinyWeb Features

    1.  HTTP server

    TinyWeb VS nginx

     
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    freenginx is an effort to preserve free and open development of nginx, an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    freenginx Features

    1.  HTTP server

    freenginx VS nginx

     
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    Relianoid tools avoid single points of failure by distributing traffic, monitoring server health, and enabling seamless failover through stateful cluster service.

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Relianoid ADC Load Balancer Features

    1.  Load balancing

    Relianoid ADC Load Balancer VS nginx

     
    • Relianoid ADC Load Balancer is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to nginx.

    • Relianoid ADC Load Balancer is Freemium and Open Sourcenginx is Free and Open Source
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    Create web servers with everything you need and deploy them wherever you prefer.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Zero configuration
    4.  Built-in routing
    5.  Support for Typescript

    Nitro Server VS nginx

     
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    Small self-contained pure-Go web server with built-in support for Lua scripting, Markdown pages, Sass/GCSS, HTTP/2, QUIC, and accessing Redis and PostgreSQL.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Algernon Features

    1.  HTTP server

    Algernon VS nginx

     
  10. ShimmerCat icon
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    A web server for web developers. It enables HTTPS and HTTP/2 from minute five!.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    ShimmerCat VS nginx

     
  11. MicroApache icon
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    MicroApache - A Portable Apache Server for Windows

    "This is a microscopic and very-heavily trimmed-down version of the standard, Apache server; made available under the Apache GPL licence. It was developed initially for fun to meet a FloppyWeb Challenge to run Apache from a.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0.64, can be still downloaded from custodesblog.wordpress.com

    MicroApache Features

    1.  Portable

    MicroApache VS nginx

     
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    Project Goals

    The efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

    • Lean: Provide a small and monolithic architecture that supports the main standards and most important features of the web. Extensibility will never be.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • OpenBSD

    httpd Features

    1.  HTTP server

    httpd VS nginx

     
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