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NGINX
HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server.
Details
- Website
- nginx.org
- Source
- github.com
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Platforms
- C, deb, Docker
- GitHub stars
- 31,910
- Last update
- 2026-10-16
Categories
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