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OpenResty
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OpenResty
Free
Open-source web platform; official packages and source releases available
Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org
On the record
- Backend integrations
- OpenResty uses Nginx’s event model for non-blocking I/O with remote backends including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Memcached, and Redis.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Commercial support
- OpenResty Inc. offers enterprise solutions based on OpenResty with commercial support.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Community support
- Free technical support is provided through the OpenResty and openresty-en mailing lists, and the community page also lists a Slack community.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Components
- Bundled components include LuaJIT, Nginx modules, Lua libraries, and OPM, and components can be enabled or disabled as needed.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Enterprise products
- OpenResty lists XRay, an APM product using noninvasive dynamic tracing, and Edge, distributed traffic management software for load balancing, WAF, request and response rewriting, and private CDNs.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- High concurrency
- The site says OpenResty applications can handle 10K to 1000K+ connections on a single machine.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Linux and containers
- Official pre-built packages are provided for multiple Linux distributions, and the project provides maintained Docker images.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- macOS
- The project recommends installing OpenResty on macOS through Homebrew.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- OpenResty combines an enhanced Nginx core, LuaJIT, Lua libraries, and third-party Nginx modules to build scalable web applications, services, and dynamic gateways.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Release security
- The project says all source releases are signed with Yichun Zhang’s public PGP key A0E98066.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Third-party modules
- Community-contributed Lua modules and packages are available through OPM, while third-party Nginx C modules not maintained by OpenResty are unsupported and may compromise stability.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Trial offer
- The OpenResty site invites visitors to request a trial and receive a diagnostic report, but does not state a trial duration on the opened page.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Use cases
- The site lists dynamic web portals and gateways, web application firewalls, mobile and advertising services, distributed storage, data analytics, web applications, and websites as use cases.openresty.org · read 29 Sep 2026
