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NGINX Unit

A lightweight web app server that combines several layers of the typical application stack into a single component

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NGINX Unit is a lightweight and versatile application runtime that provides the essential components for your web application as a single open-source server: running application code (including WebAssembly), serving static assets, handling TLS and request routing.

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