explore/topics/nginx/index.md

created_by	display_name	github_url	logo	related	released	short_description	topic	url	wikipedia_url
Igor Sysoev	nginx	https://github.com/nginx/nginx	nginx.png	nginx-server, nginx-proxy, nginx-cache, nginx-unit, nginx-plus	October 4, 2004	nginx is a high performance free open source web server.	nginx	https://nginx.org/	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

nginx is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server. Nginx was written with an explicit goal of provide high performance on sites with high traffic, so it can be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTP cache.