Tengine

tengine.taobao.org · checked 3 Oct 2026

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YesFree tier

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Tengine is a web server based on Nginx, originated by Taobao for high-traffic websites.

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Open-source TengineBSD-2-Clause licensed · build from sourceFree

As github.com lists them, checked 3 Oct 2026.

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Facts

Website: tengine.taobao.org
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Build and deployment: The project README gives source-build steps using configure, make, and make install, with /usr/local/nginx as the default install directory.
Dynamic configuration: It supports changing servers, locations, and upstreams without reloading or restarting worker processes.
Extensibility: The feature list includes Lua scripting support and Nginx-compatible configuration.
Founded: 2011
License: The repository identifies its license as BSD-2-Clause.
Load balancing: Features include consistent hashing, session persistence, upstream health checks, and on-the-fly resolution of upstream domain names.
Nginx compatibility: Tengine inherits Nginx 1.24.0 features and says it is compatible with Nginx configuration.
Open source: The project says it has been open source since December 2011.
Operations: Operational features include asynchronous logging and rollback, DNS caching, memory monitoring, and runtime status collection.
Protocols: Listed protocol features include HTTP/3 with QUIC v1 and draft-29, kernel-bypass UDP forwarding, and HTTP CONNECT for forward proxy use.
Routing: Routing can be dynamically configured using HTTP headers, cookies, query parameters, and weights.
Support: The repository directs users to GitHub Issues and lists Dingtalk group 23394285.

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