# NGINX

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nginx/  
**Website:** https://nginx.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 32

NGINX is a high-performance open-source web server, reverse proxy, and API gateway widely used for load balancing, SSL termination, caching, and traffic management for APIs and microservices. Originally written by Igor Sysoev and released under the 2-clause BSD license, NGINX powers a significant portion of the world's web traffic. Enterprise support and commercial features are available from F5, Inc.

## Kin Score — 30.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 17.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 30.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (32)

- **NGINX** — NGINX is a versatile open-source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and API gateway functionality powering a significant porti...
- **NGINX Ingress Controller** — The NGINX Ingress Controller is a Kubernetes-native ingress controller built on NGINX that manages external access to services in a Kubernetes cluster. It supports TLS terminati...
- **NGINX Gateway Fabric** — NGINX Gateway Fabric is a Kubernetes Gateway API implementation using NGINX as the data plane. It provides standards-based traffic management through Gateway API resources inclu...
- **NGINX Agent** — NGINX Agent provides an administrative entry point to remotely manage, configure, and collect metrics and events from NGINX instances. It enables centralized management of distr...
- **NGINX Connections API** — The Connections API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for connections.
- **NGINX General Info API** — The General Info API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for general info.
- **NGINX HTTP API** — The HTTP API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for http.
- **NGINX HTTP Caches API** — The HTTP Caches API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http caches.
- **NGINX HTTP Keyvals API** — The HTTP Keyvals API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http keyvals.
- **NGINX HTTP Limit Conns API** — The HTTP Limit Conns API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http limit conns.
- **NGINX HTTP Limit Reqs API** — The HTTP Limit Reqs API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http limit reqs.
- **NGINX HTTP Location Zones API** — The HTTP Location Zones API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http location zones.
- **NGINX HTTP Requests API** — The HTTP Requests API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for http requests.
- **NGINX HTTP Server Zones API** — The HTTP Server Zones API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http server zones.
- **NGINX HTTP Upstreams API** — The HTTP Upstreams API from NGINX — 4 operation(s) for http upstreams.
- **NGINX License API** — The License API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for license.
- **NGINX Method DELETE API** — The Method DELETE API from NGINX — 21 operation(s) for method delete.
- **NGINX Method GET API** — The Method GET API from NGINX — 41 operation(s) for method get.
- **NGINX Method PATCH API** — The Method PATCH API from NGINX — 4 operation(s) for method patch.
- **NGINX Method POST API** — The Method POST API from NGINX — 4 operation(s) for method post.
- **NGINX Processes API** — The Processes API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for processes.
- **NGINX Resolvers API** — The Resolvers API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for resolvers.
- **NGINX Slabs API** — The Slabs API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for slabs.
- **NGINX SSL API** — The SSL API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for ssl.
- **NGINX Status API** — The Status API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for status.
- **NGINX Stream API** — The Stream API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for stream.
- **NGINX Stream Keyvals API** — The Stream Keyvals API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for stream keyvals.
- **NGINX Stream Limit Conns API** — The Stream Limit Conns API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for stream limit conns.
- **NGINX Stream Server Zones API** — The Stream Server Zones API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for stream server zones.
- **NGINX Stream Upstreams API** — The Stream Upstreams API from NGINX — 4 operation(s) for stream upstreams.
- **NGINX Stream Zone Sync API** — The Stream Zone Sync API from NGINX — 1 operation(s) for stream zone sync.
- **NGINX Workers API** — The Workers API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for workers.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nginx Agentic Access** — 72 operations · 29 acting · 17 human-in-the-loop

## Security (1)

- **Nginx Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Nginx Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **API Gateway** — Route, authenticate, rate limit, and load balance API traffic across microservices.
- **Kubernetes Ingress** — Manage external access to Kubernetes services with the NGINX Ingress Controller or Gateway Fabric.
- **Content Delivery** — Cache and serve static content close to users with high throughput and low latency.
- **Microservices Proxy** — Act as a sidecar or edge proxy for service-to-service communication in microservices architectures.
- **SSL Offloading** — Terminate TLS at the edge to reduce cryptographic overhead on backend application servers.
- **Load Balancing** — Distribute HTTP, TCP, UDP, and gRPC traffic across pools of upstream servers for high availability.

## Tags

API Gateway, Caching, Cloud-Native, Load Balancer, Open-Source, Reverse Proxy, Web Server

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nginx/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.