# NGINX Unit

NGINX Unit is a lightweight, open-source web server that serves static files and runs application code in multiple languages through a single JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) configuration API, consolidating web-stack. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/5790/nginx-unit

## Description

NGINX Unit is a lightweight, open-source web server that serves static files and runs application code in multiple languages through a single JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) configuration API, consolidating web-stack layers for simple sites to larger web architectures, but its upstream repository is archived and no further development is expected.

## Platform availability

Available on 0 of 9 platforms.

## Health score

28/100 (Low), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 0 (GitHub repository is archived)
- Popular: 75 (5,540 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 25 (0 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/nginx/unit
- Official website: https://unit.nginx.org
- GitHub: https://github.com/nginx/unit
- Documentation: https://unit.nginx.org/installation/

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