Nwinx: Nginx for Windows Systems

28 October 2017 1 min read

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Note: Nwinx has been discontinued and is no longer available for download or supported.

Nwinx is an Nginx-based web and proxy server solution designed for Windows environments. It packages Nginx together with LibreSSL, Cygwin, and a set of supporting tools, resulting in a lightweight, secure, and ready-to-use web and reverse proxy server for small-scale deployments.

Nginx is a widely used open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy, known for its high performance, stability, low resource consumption, and straightforward configuration model. These characteristics make it a popular choice for serving static content, load balancing, and proxying HTTP traffic.

For cryptographic functionality, Nwinx relies on LibreSSL, a fork of OpenSSL created in 2014 with the goal of modernising the codebase, improving security, and enforcing best-practice development processes.

To run this Unix-oriented software stack on Windows, Nwinx uses Cygwin, which provides a Linux-like runtime environment through a POSIX-compatible DLL and a collection of standard Unix tools.

Together, these components make Nwinx a practical option for Windows users who want the performance and flexibility of Nginx without deploying a full Linux system.

Project lifetime: - Oct 2017 - Feb 2019