OpenResty

Spec sheet

Purpose

OpenResty combines an enhanced Nginx core, LuaJIT, Lua libraries, and third-party Nginx modules to build scalable web applications, services, and dynamic gateways.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Backend integrations

OpenResty uses Nginx’s event model for non-blocking I/O with remote backends including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Memcached, and Redis.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Commercial support

OpenResty Inc. offers enterprise solutions based on OpenResty with commercial support.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Community support

Free technical support is provided through the OpenResty and openresty-en mailing lists, and the community page also lists a Slack community.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Components

Bundled components include LuaJIT, Nginx modules, Lua libraries, and OPM, and components can be enabled or disabled as needed.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

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.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

High concurrency

The site says OpenResty applications can handle 10K to 1000K+ connections on a single machine.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Linux and containers

Official pre-built packages are provided for multiple Linux distributions, and the project provides maintained Docker images.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

macOS

The project recommends installing OpenResty on macOS through Homebrew.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Release security

The project says all source releases are signed with Yichun Zhang’s public PGP key A0E98066.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

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.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

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.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

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.Read 29 Sep 2026 · openresty.org

Plans and prices

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