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Description

nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev. For a long time, it has been running on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Yandex, Mail.Ru, VK, and Rambler. According to Netcraft, nginx served or proxied 27.90% busiest sites in July 2016. Here are some of the success stories: Netflix, Wordpress.com, FastMail.FM.

Code Quality Rank: L1

Programming language: C

Tags: Web

Latest version: v1.19.0

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