Tengine
Nginx-derived web server with extra features
Tengine is a web server originated by Taobao based on Nginx, adding advanced features for high-traffic websites such as dynamic module loading and enhanced load balancing. It is fully Nginx compatible.
Key features
- Nginx-compatible server
- Dynamic module loading
- Enhanced load balancing
- Proven at large scale
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 13.4k GitHub stars
- Written in C
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