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FrankenPHP vs nginx
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | FrankenPHP | nginx |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | C |
| Licence | MIT | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 11k | 32k |
| Latest | v1.13.0 | release-1.31.6 |
| Last push | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Release cadence | about 31 days between releases | about 14 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 17 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
FrankenPHP replaces nginx. Alternatives to nginx →
PartialServes PHP apps directly, with automatic HTTPS and a worker mode, built on Caddy.
FrankenPHP
- v1.13.02026-10-04FrankenPHP 1.13.0 is a big one. It upgrades to Caddy 2.11.7, bringing Slowloris protection, the new url_pattern matcher…
- v1.12.72026-08-07FrankenPHP 1.12.7 fixes a bug where output written after fastcgi_finish_request()/frankenphp_finish_request() was silen…
- v1.12.62026-07-21FrankenPHP 1.12.6 fixes a crash that could take down the whole process on HTTP/2. If a PHP script calls frankenphp_fini…
- v1.12.52026-07-20FrankenPHP 1.12.5 is a security release. It fixes two disclosed vulnerabilities — an information leak in the default Do…
- v1.12.42026-06-04FrankenPHP 1.12.4 is a hardening and stability release. It pulls in upstream security fixes from Caddy 2.11.4 and Mercu…
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 (…
FrankenPHP
unsigned The latest release, v1.13.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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nginx
unsigned The latest release, release-1.31.6, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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