🆚 Nginx vs. OpenResty

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web server
Web server

About

Nginx is a lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy.

It supports serving static files, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, SSL/TLS termination with SNI, proxying and load balancing for HTTP, TCP and UDP traffic, and caching of FastCGI/uwsgi/memcached responses.

OpenResty is an Nginx distribution that bundles the LuaJIT interpreter to run Lua scripts directly inside the web server.

It embeds Lua, a lightweight scripting language, into Nginx's event-driven architecture, enabling high-performance dynamic request handling, asynchronous I/O, API and microservice development, traffic control, caching, authentication, and logging.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Millbrae, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
NGINX Plus Enterprise Edition$3,500+/year
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #1
Web Servers › Rank #5
Caching › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Nginx web server is 14 times more popular than OpenResty.
Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Nginx is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Germany, while OpenResty is more popular in Norfolk Island and Equatorial Guinea.
United States
Japan
Germany
Russia
China
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Spain
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Nginx is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while OpenResty is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Entertainment
Travel
General News
Software/Hardware
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
p**nhub.com
#26
#179
redtube.com
#294
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See also

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