Nginx UI
Nginx UI is a self-hosted web interface for configuring Nginx, giving homelab and server administrators a browser-based way to manage web server settings,…
Platform availability
Available on 2 of 9 platforms
Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
75/100 Good
- Maintained
- 100last commit 8 days ago
- Popular
- 8111,568 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
- Light to run
- 404 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 11 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 11,568
- Open issues
- 37
- Last commit
- 2026-10-05
- Latest release
- v2.8.3
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Activity
- rising
Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (0xJacky/nginx-ui)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 4 GB RAM, 2 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
- Make nginx temp folders writable In your nginx config, inside the http section, point the client_body, proxy, fastcgi, uwsgi, and scgi temp paths to /tmp subfolders. Without this, nginx can fail with read-only file system errors when it tries to store temporary request or proxy files. source
- Match container user IDs to your files If your nginx folders are owned by a specific host user, build the unprivileged image with the matching UID and GID (user and group IDs) using docker build args. This prevents permission denied errors when the container reads or writes your website files. source
Fetched 14 days ago - each note links to its source
Variants
Alternatives (2)
- Nginx Proxy Manager - Nginx Proxy Manager is a self-hosted reverse proxy and web server that lets you expose home or small-office applications to the internet wi…
- nginx - Nginx is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy, and mail proxy server.
Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Does nginx-ui back up Nginx configurations automatically?
Yes, it automatically backs up configurations after modifications and lets you compare or restore any previous version.
Does nginx-ui test and reload Nginx after saving configuration changes?
It tests configuration files and reloads Nginx automatically after saving changes.
Can nginx-ui manage Let's Encrypt certificates?
It can deploy and automatically renew Let's Encrypt certificates with one click.
Does nginx-ui support managing multiple Nginx nodes?
It supports mirroring operations to multiple cluster nodes for multi-server environments.
Answers sourced from nginxui.com
Community
- Nginx UI, has anyone tried it? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Nginx UI : r/sysadmin - Reddit (reddit)
- Small Project: I created a Web GUI to configure Nginx - Reddit (reddit)
- NGINX- Why should I use it? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Best self-hosted cloud OS solution with web UI : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
Collected 9 days ago - public community threads