Nginx Inc. (F5 Networks)

Overview

Company behind the Nginx web server and reverse proxy. Acquired by F5 Networks in 2019. Nginx is one of the most popular web servers worldwide.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2004-07-01

  • Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA

  • Status: Subsidiary of F5 Networks

  • CEO: Rafay Baloch

  • Created by Igor Sysoev in 2002; company founded in 2004

  • Nginx is the second most popular web server (after Apache HTTP Server)

  • Nginx Plus is the commercial version with additional features

  • Nginx Open Source is dual-licensed (BSD-like + commercial Plus)

  • Acquired by F5 Networks in 2019 for $670M

  • Also developed NGINX Unit (application server) and NGINX Ingress Controller

Products Mentioned in Wiki

  • Nginx | Caddy is a modern, auto-HTTPS web server written in Go haproxy | HAProxy is a specialized load balancer; Nginx also provides load balancing