compare
nginx vs Tengine
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | nginx | Tengine |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C | C |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 32k | 13k |
| Latest | release-1.31.6 | 3.1.0 |
| Last push | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-07 |
| Release cadence | about 14 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 22 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 2 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Tengine replaces nginx. Alternatives to nginx →
Drop-inBuilt on nginx and reads its configuration, adding dynamic upstreams, active health checks and more load-balancing methods.
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.
Loading the security report
Tengine
✓ signed The latest release, 3.1.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
Loading the security report