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OpenResty

Scalable web platform extending Nginx with Lua

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 14.1k stars Hard setup BSD-2-Clause

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.

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Key features

  • Nginx plus LuaJIT scripting
  • Programmable request handling
  • Foundation for API gateways
  • High performance

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Very high performance
  • Programmable with Lua
  • Battle-tested Nginx core

Trade-offs

  • Lua knowledge required
  • Config more complex than Nginx

Is OpenResty secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect OpenResty's latest release (v1.27.1.2). OSV.dev lists 5 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-55233, published 2026-07-10 (96 days ago), fixed in 1.29.2.5

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

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