Nginx

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 first publicly released in 2004. A company of the same name was founded in 2011 to provide support and Nginx plus paid software. 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. It can serve static content, and it can also be used as a reverse proxy and load balancer. Nginx is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. It is used by many high-traffic websites, such as GitHub, Hulu, and Cloudflare. Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world and is responsible for hosting some of the largest and highest-traffic sites on the internet. It is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.