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Nginx
Latestv1.31.2Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
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 Russian developer Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004. 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, often as a load balancer.
Read moreHow it works
nginx
server {
listen 80;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
}
}The flow
Step by step, from source to running.
- 1Request hits Nginx on :80/:443
- 2Event loop accepts the connection
- 3Serves static or proxies upstream
- 4Response (optionally cached) returned