NGINX
HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server.
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Still maintained? Yes: 99 commits in the last 90 days, latest release release-1.31.8 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
NGINX quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 32,010
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- release-1.31.8, Oct 2026
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "NGINX (pronounced "engine x" or "en-jin-eks") is the world's most popular Web Server, high performance Load Balancer, Reverse Proxy, API Gateway and Content Cache."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
NGINX scores 98/100, #3 of 19 in Web Servers: 99 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (release-1.31.8, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 32,010 stars add 18.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
99 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
release-1.31.8 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.0 / 20
32k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 99
- Last 90 days
- 321
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 19 tools in Web Servers by health , between Traefik (#2) and Nginx Proxy Manager (#4) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause |
| Platforms | C, deb, Docker |
| Latest release | release-1.31.8 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 32,010 |
| Open issues | 157 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | nginx/nginx ↗ |
NGINX vs its top 5 alternatives
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NGINX: common questions
Is NGINX still maintained?
NGINX had 99 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, release-1.31.8, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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