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Project Summary

NGINX [Engine-X] is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running on many heavily loaded sites, including Facebook, Zappos, Groupon, LivingSocial, Hulu, TechCrunch, Dropbox, Tumblr and WordPress.

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accelerator caching fastcgi highload high_performance http httpd https http_server internet intranet load_balancer mail modular performance proxy reverse_proxy scgi server ssl tls uwsgi web webserver

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30 Day Summary

Jul 14 2025 — Aug 13 2025

12 Month Summary

Aug 13 2024 — Aug 13 2025
  • 163 Commits
    Down -10 (5%) from previous 12 months
  • 21 Contributors
    Up + 12 (133%) from previous 12 months

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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for nginx )

Repository URL: http://hg.nginx.org/nginx-tests

Version: tip

2025-08-13
Last Analyzed
759,101
Lines of Code Analyze
0.01
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

271
Total defects
10
Outstanding
136
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 3