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Project Summary
NGINX [Engine-X] is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running on many heavily loaded sites, including Facebook, Zappos, Groupon, LivingSocial, Hulu, TechCrunch, Dropbox, Tumblr and WordPress.
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 66 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in August, 2002
ending with its most recent commit 8 days ago
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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Commercial Use
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Project Security
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30 Day SummaryJul 25 2025 — Aug 24 2025
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for nginx )
Repository URL: http://hg.nginx.org/nginx-tests
Version: tip
- 2025-08-24
- Last Analyzed
- 759,261
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.01
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 272
- Total defects
- 10
- Outstanding
- 137
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 3 |