High Performance Web Platform Based on Nginx and LuaJIT
The nginx core bundled with LuaJIT and Lua modules, reading the same configuration.
alternatives to
nginx
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
OpenResty, Tengine, Angie and more. 12 alternatives to nginx, in C, Go, C++, Rust. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release. Drop-in: OpenResty, Tengine, Angie.
Side by side
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenResty | Drop-in | 14k | Other | Open source | Yes | C | v1.27.1.2 | 2026-11-07 |
| Tengine | Drop-in | 13k | BSD-2-Clause | Open source | Yes | C | 3.1.0 | 2026-09-07 |
| Angie | Drop-in | 2.6k | BSD-2-Clause | Open source | Yes | C | Angie-1.12.4 | 2026-11-10 |
| Caddy | Full replacement | 79k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.11.9 | 2026-11-11 |
| Traefik | Partial | 66k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | v3.7.18 | 2026-11-11 |
| Envoy | Partial | 29k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v1.40.2 | 2026-11-12 |
| H2O | Partial | 12k | MIT | Open source | Yes | C | tag-no-more-releases | 2026-11-12 |
| FrankenPHP | Partial | 12k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.13.5 | 2026-11-11 |
| HAProxy | Partial | 7k | Other | Open source | Yes | C | v3.4.0 | 2026-11-11 |
| Static Web Server | Partial | 2.4k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | v2.44.2 | 2026-11-12 |
| Apache Traffic Server | Partial | 2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | 10.2.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| OpenLiteSpeed | Partial | 1.5k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v1.9.4 | 2026-11-09 |
Every alternative
12 alternatives
A high-performance web server and reverse proxy, 100% compatible with nginx.
Built on nginx and reads its configuration, adding dynamic upstreams, active health checks and more load-balancing methods.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Stars
- 13k
- Latest
- 3.1.0
- Last push
- 2026-09-07
Angie - drop-in replacement for nginx
Fork of nginx that reads its configuration, with a status API and ACME support built in.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Stars
- 2.6k
- Latest
- Angie-1.12.4
- Last push
- 2026-11-10
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
Automatic HTTPS and a shorter configuration.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 79k
- Latest
- v2.11.9
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
Reverse proxy and load balancer configured from container labels, not a general web server.
Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
Proxy and load balancer configured through an API, without serving static files.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 29k
- Latest
- v1.40.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
H2O - the optimized HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 server
HTTP/1, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 server and reverse proxy, scriptable with mruby.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 12k
- Latest
- tag-no-more-releases
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
🧟 The modern PHP app server
Serves PHP apps directly, with automatic HTTPS and a worker mode, built on Caddy.
HAProxy Load Balancer's development branch (mirror of git.haproxy.org)
TCP and HTTP load balancing and TLS termination, without serving static files.
A cross-platform, high-performance and asynchronous web server for static files-serving. ⚡
Serves static files only, from a single Rust binary.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 2.4k
- Latest
- v2.44.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
Apache Traffic Server™ is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant caching proxy server.
A caching forward and reverse proxy for high-traffic sites and CDNs.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 2k
- Latest
- 10.2.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Our high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP server
Web server with Apache-compatible rewrite rules and built-in page caching for PHP apps.
Head to head
- Angie vs Apache Traffic Server
- Angie vs Caddy
- Angie vs Envoy
- Angie vs FrankenPHP
- Angie vs H2O
- Angie vs HAProxy
- Angie vs OpenLiteSpeed
- Angie vs OpenResty
- Angie vs Static Web Server
- Angie vs Tengine
- Angie vs Traefik
- Apache Traffic Server vs Caddy
- Apache Traffic Server vs Envoy
- Apache Traffic Server vs FrankenPHP
- Apache Traffic Server vs H2O
- Apache Traffic Server vs HAProxy
- Apache Traffic Server vs OpenLiteSpeed
- Apache Traffic Server vs OpenResty
- Apache Traffic Server vs Static Web Server
- Apache Traffic Server vs Tengine
- Apache Traffic Server vs Traefik
- Caddy vs Envoy
- Caddy vs FrankenPHP
- Caddy vs H2O
- Caddy vs HAProxy
- Caddy vs OpenLiteSpeed
- Caddy vs OpenResty
- Caddy vs Static Web Server
- Caddy vs Tengine
- Caddy vs Traefik
- Envoy vs FrankenPHP
- Envoy vs H2O
- Envoy vs HAProxy
- Envoy vs OpenLiteSpeed
- Envoy vs OpenResty
- Envoy vs Static Web Server
- Envoy vs Tengine
- Envoy vs Traefik
- FrankenPHP vs H2O
- FrankenPHP vs HAProxy
- FrankenPHP vs OpenLiteSpeed
- FrankenPHP vs OpenResty
- FrankenPHP vs Static Web Server
- FrankenPHP vs Tengine
- FrankenPHP vs Traefik
- H2O vs HAProxy
- H2O vs OpenLiteSpeed
- H2O vs OpenResty
- H2O vs Static Web Server
- H2O vs Tengine
- H2O vs Traefik
- HAProxy vs OpenLiteSpeed
- HAProxy vs OpenResty
- HAProxy vs Static Web Server
- HAProxy vs Tengine
- HAProxy vs Traefik
- OpenLiteSpeed vs OpenResty
- OpenLiteSpeed vs Static Web Server
- OpenLiteSpeed vs Tengine
- OpenLiteSpeed vs Traefik
- OpenResty vs Static Web Server
- OpenResty vs Tengine
- OpenResty vs Traefik
- Static Web Server vs Tengine
- Static Web Server vs Traefik
- Tengine vs Traefik
About nginx
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Stars
- 32k
- Last push
- 2026-11-09