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Envoy vs nginx
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Envoy | nginx |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C++ | C |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 29k | 32k |
| Latest | v1.39.2 | release-1.31.6 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-30 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 14 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 75+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 22 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Envoy replaces nginx. Alternatives to nginx →
PartialProxy and load balancer configured through an API, without serving static files.
Envoy
nginx
- release-1.30.52026-09-15nginx-1.30.5 stable version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using ngx_http_v3_modu…
- release-1.31.62026-09-15nginx-1.31.6 mainline version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using ngx_http_v3_mo…
- release-1.31.52026-09-02nginx-1.31.5 mainline version has been released, featuring control API, predicate locations, client_body_early_read dir…
- release-1.31.42026-08-19nginx-1.31.4 mainline version has been released.
- release-1.30.42026-07-15nginx-1.30.4 stable version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using map with regex (…
Envoy
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nginx
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