# webserver-llc/angie

Angie - drop-in replacement for nginx

Repository: https://github.com/webserver-llc/angie
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/angie
Homepage: https://en.angie.software/angie/docs/
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: apache, http, nginx, https, http3, load-balancer, quic, reverse-proxy, adc
Last push: 2026-08-26T08:22:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1407, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 47, "gap_med": 24, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2549, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.429382+00:00)

## What it is
Angie is a high-performance web server and reverse proxy forked from nginx by former nginx developers, designed as a drop-in replacement requiring no major configuration changes. It extends nginx 1.31.x with production-ready HTTP/3/QUIC, DNS-over-HTTPS, RESTful JSON metrics, custom metrics, and many built-in and third-party modules.

## Use cases
- replace nginx without rewriting configs
- serve websites over http3 and quic
- reverse proxy and load balance backend services
- auto-manage tls certificates with acme
- expose web server metrics to prometheus or grafana
- terminate proxy traffic for kubernetes ingress
- run a high performance static file and fastcgi server

## When to choose
- you want an nginx-compatible server with more active development and modern features like stable HTTP/3
- you need built-in observability via REST API, custom metrics, and Grafana dashboards
- you want drop-in migration from nginx with existing module layout and configs
- you need packages, docker images, and many bundled third-party modules out of the box

## When to avoid
- you depend on nginx-specific commercial offerings or official nginx support
- you need a minimal, conservative server and prefer upstream nginx's slower-moving release cadence
- your stack requires non-Linux/FreeBSD platforms with official binary packages
- you require vendor support outside Angie's commercial (PRO) offerings

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, proxy, monitoring, api-gateway
- domain: web-development, backend, networking, self-hosted
- platform: bsd, self-hosted
- tags: nginx-fork, http3, quic, reverse-proxy, web-server, drop-in-replacement, tls, acme, wasm, observability, load-balancing, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- webserver-llc/angie (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.429382+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:24:06.789838+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/webserver-llc/angie (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.429382+00:00, sha d35942cc50a2)
  - homepage: https://en.angie.software/angie/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.722164+00:00, sha 6528a2e32bad)
  - site_page: https://en.angie.software/angie/docs/oss_changes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.742164+00:00, sha 5e5ecc0a4fc7)
  - site_page: https://en.angie.software/angie/docs/pro_changes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.745420+00:00, sha c3ca9e9fb7c4)
  - site_page: https://en.angie.software/angie/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.748721+00:00, sha bc6e559e2a0e)
  - site_page: https://angie.software/angie/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.733536+00:00, sha 0fad6e65c791)
  - site_page: https://cn.angie.software/angie/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.735700+00:00, sha ce0f784586aa)
  - site_page: https://es.angie.software/angie/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.737751+00:00, sha c084b03ec3ad)
  - site_page: https://pt.angie.software/angie/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.740017+00:00, sha 5a7bc6c86f75)
  - site_page: https://en.angie.software/company (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.731556+00:00, sha b2d8332594f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.