OpenResty
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.
According to our data, OpenResty is the 5th most popular web server on the web.
It has 3% of the web server market share and is detected on 2.1% of all websites.
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- 🔗 Links
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- 👨👩👦👦 Community
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Stack Overflow💸 Pricing
OpenResty is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Web Servers
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 3%
🏆 OpenResty Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Samoa in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Slovakia in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Seychelles in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Web Servers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Cayman Islands in the Web Servers category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Web Servers category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Hong Kong in the Web Servers category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Ukraine in the Web Servers category.
⚡ Sites Using OpenResty
We have data on 71,782 websites that use the OpenResty web server. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using OpenResty is p**nhub.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 2 |  line.me |
#179 | Japan | English |
| 3 | #222 | Singapore | English | |
| 4 | #294 | Cyprus | English | |
| 5 | #309 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 6 | #361 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #369 | American English | ||
| 8 | #401 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 9 | #403 | France | French | |
| 10 | #435 | English | ||
| 11 | #469 | Spain | American English | |
| 12 | #489 | China | English | |
| 13 | #500 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 14 | #516 | Norway | English | |
| 15 | #594 | Spanish | ||
| 16 | #600 | English | ||
| 17 | #612 | Spain | European Spanish | |
| 18 | #728 | United States | Thai | |
| 19 | #777 | Netherlands | English | |
| 20 | #1,066 | United Kingdom | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use OpenResty:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using OpenResty are from the United States, China, and Korea.
- United States 18.5%
- China 10.9%
- Korea 9%
- Netherlands 6.2%
- Russia 5.6%
- Slovakia 4.8%
- Germany 4.2%
- Czech Republic 3.5%
- United Kingdom 3.3%
- Other 34%
Most OpenResty users speak English, Chinese, or Korean.
- English 65.4%
- Chinese 7.2%
- Korean 5.4%
- Russian 3.5%
- Slovak 2.5%
- German 2.3%
- Czech 1.9%
- Vietnamese 1.6%
- Portuguese 1.6%
- Other 8.6%
The OpenResty web server is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 54.5%
- .org 5.5%
- .net 4%
- .ru 2.7%
- .sk 2.3%
- .co.kr 2%
- .de 1.7%
- .co.uk 1.1%
- .info 1%
- Other 25.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing OpenResty include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.
- Business 13.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 8%
- Online Shopping 7.7%
- Entertainment 6.3%
- Internet Services 5.4%
- Education/Reference 4.7%
- Travel 3.9%
- General News 3.8%
- Other 36.7%
🔢 OpenResty Versions
The most common version of OpenResty is 1.25, used by 28.2% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 28.2% of sites use OpenResty 1.27, and 12.8% use OpenResty 1.21.
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Kestrel💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is OpenResty's headquarters?
OpenResty is located in Millbrae, California, United States.
Is OpenResty free?
Yes, it is a free web server.
It is also open source, and you can find its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses OpenResty the most?
The majority of OpenResty users are from the United States.
Who uses OpenResty?
According to our data, OpenResty is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as line.me, shein.com, and
elpais.com.
Is OpenResty used on government websites?
Overall, we found OpenResty on 18 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use OpenResty?
Yes. In total, we know of 42 academic websites in the United States that use OpenResty.
How does OpenResty stack up against its competitors?
OpenResty is a very popular web server, second only to 4 other web servers we track.
Lua🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,406,701 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.