nginx/kubernetes-ingress
NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
97/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 93
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 19
- age_days: 3828
- days_rel: 48
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 28
Adoption not part of the score
5068 stars · 2052 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The official NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, maintained by the NGINX team at F5. It translates Kubernetes Ingress resources into NGINX configuration to route external traffic to cluster services, with support for annotations, policies, and optional WAF/DoS integrations.
Use cases
- expose kubernetes services to external traffic
- manage ingress routing and tls termination in k8s
- load balance http traffic across kubernetes pods
- add rate limiting and waf protection to cluster ingress
- migrate from ingress-nginx to nginx ingress controller
- run multiple ingress controllers in one cluster
When to choose
- you want NGINX-backed ingress with official support and commercial (NGINX Plus) options
- you need advanced traffic policies, WAF, or DoS protection at the edge
- you prefer Helm-based installation and active community/maintenance
When to avoid
- you want a fully open-source controller without any commercial licensing considerations
- you are adopting the newer Gateway API instead of Ingress resources
- you need a minimal, community-driven alternative like ingress-nginx
Facets
service · maturity stable
api-gateway proxy load-testing security deployment networking cloud-computing self-hosted go cloud self-hosted ingress-controller nginx reverse-proxy tls-termination helm-chart waf rate-limiting k8s kubernetes containers devops docker linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nginx/kubernetes-ingress · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1f60ff467fce
- homepage: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller · fetched 2026-08-29 · e46403ef09cb
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/overview/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9c7a96c843e8
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/helm/open-source · fetched 2026-08-29 · ca028e7ef332
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/helm/plus · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9d6f776de984
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/helm/parameters · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6099a59ba02b
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/helm/uninstall · fetched 2026-08-29 · 87105f6fc65d
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/waf-helm · fetched 2026-08-29 · 284e5fb2120b
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/license-secret · fetched 2026-08-29 · b9153e41ee9f
- site_page: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/install/images/registry-download · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1f661adbb65f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nginx/kubernetes-ingress | main | 97 |
For agents
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