NGINX is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server.

Release Released Security Support Latest
1.25 10 months ago
(23 May 2023)
Yes 1.25.4
(14 Feb 2024)
1.24 11 months ago
(11 Apr 2023)
Yes 1.24.0
(11 Apr 2023)
1.23 1 year and 9 months ago
(21 Jun 2022)
Ended 10 months ago
(23 May 2023)
1.23.4
(28 Mar 2023)
1.22 1 year and 10 months ago
(24 May 2022)
Ended 11 months ago
(11 Apr 2023)
1.22.1
(19 Oct 2022)
1.21 2 years and 10 months ago
(25 May 2021)
Ended 1 year and 9 months ago
(21 Jun 2022)
1.21.6
(25 Jan 2022)
1.20 2 years and 11 months ago
(20 Apr 2021)
Ended 1 year and 10 months ago
(24 May 2022)
1.20.2
(16 Nov 2021)
1.19 3 years and 10 months ago
(26 May 2020)
Ended 2 years and 10 months ago
(25 May 2021)
1.19.10
(13 Apr 2021)
1.18 3 years and 11 months ago
(21 Apr 2020)
Ended 2 years and 11 months ago
(20 Apr 2021)
1.18.0
(21 Apr 2020)
1.16 4 years and 11 months ago
(23 Apr 2019)
Ended 3 years and 11 months ago
(20 Apr 2020)
1.16.1
(13 Aug 2019)
1.14 5 years and 11 months ago
(17 Apr 2018)
Ended 4 years and 11 months ago
(23 Apr 2019)
1.14.2
(04 Dec 2018)
1.12 6 years and 11 months ago
(12 Apr 2017)
Ended 5 years and 11 months ago
(17 Apr 2018)
1.12.2
(17 Oct 2017)
1.10 7 years and 11 months ago
(26 Apr 2016)
Ended 6 years and 11 months ago
(12 Apr 2017)
1.10.3
(31 Jan 2017)
1.8 8 years and 11 months ago
(21 Apr 2015)
Ended 7 years and 11 months ago
(26 Apr 2016)
1.8.1
(26 Jan 2016)
1.6 9 years ago
(24 Apr 2014)
Ended 8 years and 11 months ago
(21 Apr 2015)
1.6.3
(07 Apr 2015)
1.4 10 years ago
(24 Apr 2013)
Ended 9 years ago
(24 Apr 2014)
1.4.7
(18 Mar 2014)
1.2 11 years ago
(23 Apr 2012)
Ended 10 years ago
(24 Apr 2013)
1.2.9
(13 May 2013)
1.0 12 years ago
(12 Apr 2011)
Ended 11 years ago
(23 Apr 2012)
1.0.15
(12 Apr 2012)

Versioning Scheme

The open-source NGINX project maintains two branches: mainline and stable.

  • mainline: Mainline is the active development branch where the latest features and bug fixes get added. It is denoted by an odd number in the second part of the version number, for example 1.21.0.
  • stable: Stable receives fixes for high‑severity bugs, but is not updated with new features. It is denoted by an even number in the second part of the version number, for example 1.22.0. The stable branch never receives new functionality during its lifecycle and typically receives just one or two updates, for critical bug fixes.

Every April, the current stable branch is retired, after which no further bug fixes are made. The current mainline branch is forked, to create the next stable branch.

More information is available on the nginx website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
nginx -v

You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

A JSON version of this page is available at /api/nginx.json. See the API Documentation for more information. You can subscribe to the iCalendar feed at /calendar/nginx.ics.