Angie
Drop-in nginx fork with extended features
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.
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 (2.5k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
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