2004 founded Standing
hosting · nginx.org
nginx
the moat is real
21 years 320 days and counting
Igor Sysoev, 2004. Still in front of a lot of the web that is not Cloudflare.
Why it lasted
- The config you paste when Apache feels like a museum.
- It became the default reverse proxy. Defaults at that layer last decades.
Times it almost ended
- F5 bought it. Caddy and Traefik and Cloudflare ate some of the fun. nginx kept the include files.
What would finish it
- A proxy that is the default in every tutorial written after 2028. Caddy is trying.
Questions
Is nginx still up?
Yes, with a Standing verdict: the moat is real. Founded 2004.
How long has nginx been around?
nginx has been up since 2004-10-04.
Why did nginx survive?
The config you paste when Apache feels like a museum.
Could nginx still die?
A proxy that is the default in every tutorial written after 2028. Caddy is trying.