Universal web app server§
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.
Unit was created by nginx team members from scratch to be highly efficient and fully configurable at runtime. The latest version is 1.34.2, released on Feb 26, 2025.
- See a quickstart guide on our GitHub page.
- Browse the changelog, see the release notes in the news archive, or subscribe to our RSS feed.
- Check out the discussion of our key features for further details.
Watch the entire NGINX Unit tutorial course here.
Note
Going forward, NGINX Unit will no longer receive new features or enhancements from the project maintainers. NGINX Unit is still open to community contributions.
The team is focusing its limited capacity to keep NGINX Unit stable, secure and high-quality. Its focus will be on critical maintenance, such as for security issues, dependency upgrades, and resolving crashes or undefined behavior.