Nginx
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Nginx (pronounced "engine x"[7] /ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks/ EN-jin-EKS, stylized as NGINX) is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. The software was created by Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004.[8] Nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms of the 2-clause BSD license. A large fraction of web servers use Nginx,[9] often as a load balancer.[10]
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| Original author(s) | Igor Sysoev |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | F5, Inc. |
| Initial release | 4 October 2004[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C[3] |
| Operating system | BSD variants, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, macOS, Solaris, Microsoft Windows,[4] and other *nix flavors[5] |
| Type | Web server, reverse/mail proxy server |
| License | FreeBSD license[6] |
| Website | nginx |
A company of the same name was founded in 2011 to provide support and NGINX Plus paid software.[11] In March 2019, the company was acquired by F5, Inc. for $670 million.[12]