# nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric

NGINX Gateway Fabric provides an implementation for the Gateway API using NGINX as the data plane.

Repository: https://github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nginx-gateway-fabric
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, gateway-api, k8s, nginx
Last push: 2026-09-02T21:10:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 100/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 100, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1776, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 19, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1157, forks 218 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:15.516393+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: api-gateway, routing, middleware, load-testing
- domain: networking, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: gateway-api, nginx, k8s, ingress, reverse-proxy, traffic-management, kubernetes, devops, docker

## Member repositories
- nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric (main) score 100

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.516393+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 2026-08-30T06:33:46.331733+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.516393+00:00, sha 2d9d2b46a1e7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.