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nginx vs OpenResty
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | nginx | OpenResty |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C | C |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause | Other |
| Stars | 32k | 14k |
| Latest | release-1.31.6 | v1.27.1.2 |
| Last push | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-21 |
| Release cadence | about 14 days between releases | about 106 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 22 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
OpenResty replaces nginx. Alternatives to nginx →
Drop-inThe nginx core bundled with LuaJIT and Lua modules, reading the same configuration.
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 (…
nginx
unsigned The latest release, release-1.31.6, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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OpenResty
unsigned The latest release, v1.27.1.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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