nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric
NGINX Gateway Fabric provides an implementation for the Gateway API using NGINX as the data plane. observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
100/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 100
- 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: 1776
- days_rel: 0
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 32
Adoption not part of the score
1157 stars · 218 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
NGINX Gateway Fabric is an open-source Kubernetes Gateway API implementation that uses NGINX as the data plane. It configures NGINX via NGINX Agent to provide HTTP/TCP/UDP load balancing, reverse proxying, and API gateway capabilities for Kubernetes applications.
Use cases
- implement Gateway API on Kubernetes with NGINX
- route HTTP and gRPC traffic to Kubernetes services
- expose TCP and UDP services through a Gateway
- secure traffic with TLS at the cluster edge
- use NGINX as an API gateway for Kubernetes apps
When to choose
- you want a Kubernetes Gateway API implementation backed by NGINX
- you need HTTP, gRPC, TLS, TCP, and UDP routing in one data plane
- your team already has NGINX operational expertise
When to avoid
- you need a non-NGINX data plane such as Envoy or HAProxy
- you only need simple ingress and prefer a lightweight Ingress controller
- you are not running Kubernetes
Facets
service · maturity active
api-gateway routing middleware load-testing networking infrastructure-as-code go self-hosted gateway-api nginx k8s ingress reverse-proxy traffic-management kubernetes devops docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric · fetched 2026-09-03 · 2d9d2b46a1e7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric | main | 100 |
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