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Tengine

Nginx-derived web server with extra features

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 13.4k stars Hard setup BSD-2-Clause

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.

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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

Is Tengine secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Tengine's latest release (3.1.0). OSV.dev lists 2 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-2023-44487, published 2023-10-10 (1100 days ago), fixed in 10.5.3, 3.0, 2.2.0, 1.0, 9.4.0, 8.1.9

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

Tengine replaces

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