Web servers, proxies & load balancers

Ubiquitous high-performance web server, reverse proxy and load balancer.

Widely adopted API gateway on NGINX/OpenResty with a large plugin ecosystem and AI gateway features.

CNCF L7 proxy and data plane behind Istio and many gateways, configured dynamically via xDS.

Cloud-native reverse proxy with automatic service discovery and Let's Encrypt certificates.

Battle-tested, extremely fast TCP/HTTP load balancer used by many high-traffic sites.

Web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS and simple configuration.

Web UI for managing NGINX reverse-proxy hosts with free Let's Encrypt certificates; a homelab favorite.

Dynamic, high-performance API gateway on NGINX/etcd with hot-reloaded plugins.

Cloudflare's Rust framework for building fast, memory-safe programmable proxies.

Long-standing modular web server (httpd); still common on shared hosting but rarely chosen for new stacks.

Community NGINX ingress controller for Kubernetes; retired and archived in March 2026, migrate to Gateway API.