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Tengine

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Score
6.2
Tengine's website

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

Plans and prices

From Tengine's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Open-source TengineFreeBSD-2-Clause licensed · build from source

The facts

Each one read from Tengine's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Build and deployment
The project README gives source-build steps using configure, make, and make install, with /usr/local/nginx as the default install directory.checked 3 Oct 2026
Dynamic configuration
It supports changing servers, locations, and upstreams without reloading or restarting worker processes.checked 3 Oct 2026
Extensibility
The feature list includes Lua scripting support and Nginx-compatible configuration.checked 3 Oct 2026
License
The repository identifies its license as BSD-2-Clause.checked 3 Oct 2026
Load balancing
Features include consistent hashing, session persistence, upstream health checks, and on-the-fly resolution of upstream domain names.checked 3 Oct 2026
Nginx compatibility
Tengine inherits Nginx 1.24.0 features and says it is compatible with Nginx configuration.checked 3 Oct 2026
Open source
The project says it has been open source since December 2011.checked 3 Oct 2026
Operations
Operational features include asynchronous logging and rollback, DNS caching, memory monitoring, and runtime status collection.checked 3 Oct 2026
Protocols
Listed protocol features include HTTP/3 with QUIC v1 and draft-29, kernel-bypass UDP forwarding, and HTTP CONNECT for forward proxy use.checked 3 Oct 2026
Routing
Routing can be dynamically configured using HTTP headers, cookies, query parameters, and weights.checked 3 Oct 2026
Support
The repository directs users to GitHub Issues and lists Dingtalk group 23394285.checked 3 Oct 2026
TLS
It supports dynamic TLS version and timeout settings, HTTPS redirects, and asynchronous SSL/TLS mode; the site also mentions QAT acceleration.checked 3 Oct 2026
Traffic protection
The site lists enhanced request rate limiting and protection when system load or memory use becomes too high.checked 3 Oct 2026
What it does
Tengine is a web server based on Nginx, originated by Taobao for high-traffic websites.checked 3 Oct 2026

The company

Founded
2011checked 28 Sep 2026

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