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The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenResty, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From OpenResty's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.

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PlanPriceWhat it gives you
OpenRestyFreeOpen-source web platform; official packages and source releases available

The facts

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What it does

Backend integrations
OpenResty uses Nginx’s event model for non-blocking I/O with remote backends including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Memcached, and Redis.checked 29 Sep 2026
Commercial support
OpenResty Inc. offers enterprise solutions based on OpenResty with commercial support.checked 29 Sep 2026
Community support
Free technical support is provided through the OpenResty and openresty-en mailing lists, and the community page also lists a Slack community.checked 29 Sep 2026
Components
Bundled components include LuaJIT, Nginx modules, Lua libraries, and OPM, and components can be enabled or disabled as needed.checked 29 Sep 2026
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.checked 29 Sep 2026
High concurrency
The site says OpenResty applications can handle 10K to 1000K+ connections on a single machine.checked 29 Sep 2026
Purpose
OpenResty combines an enhanced Nginx core, LuaJIT, Lua libraries, and third-party Nginx modules to build scalable web applications, services, and dynamic gateways.checked 29 Sep 2026
Release security
The project says all source releases are signed with Yichun Zhang’s public PGP key A0E98066.checked 29 Sep 2026
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.checked 29 Sep 2026
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.checked 29 Sep 2026

Where it runs

Linux and containers
Official pre-built packages are provided for multiple Linux distributions, and the project provides maintained Docker images.checked 29 Sep 2026
macOS
The project recommends installing OpenResty on macOS through Homebrew.checked 29 Sep 2026

Money

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.checked 29 Sep 2026

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