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Angie

Drop-in nginx fork with extended features

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 2.6k stars Medium setup BSD-2-Clause

Angie is a web server and reverse proxy created by former nginx developers, fully compatible with nginx configuration. It adds features such as dynamic upstream configuration and a built-in monitoring console.

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Key features

  • nginx-compatible config
  • Dynamic upstream API
  • Built-in status console
  • Active maintenance

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (2.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C

Is Angie secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Angie's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Angie replaces

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