OpenResty
Scalable web platform extending Nginx with Lua
OpenResty is a full-fledged web platform that bundles Nginx with LuaJIT and many libraries, enabling powerful programmable proxies and gateways. It is the foundation for several API gateways.
Key features
- Nginx plus LuaJIT scripting
- Programmable request handling
- Foundation for API gateways
- High performance
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 14k GitHub stars
- Written in C
OpenResty replaces
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18 head-to-head comparisons.
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- OpenResty vs Nginx Proxy Manager
- OpenResty vs Envoy
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