Nginx Proxy Manager
Nginx Proxy Manager is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Web Servers & Reverse Proxies category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 34,538 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 20, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 34,538
- Forks
- 3,946
- Open issues
- 692
- Commits, last 12 months
- 849
- Last commit
- Oct 20, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.16.0Sep 24, 2026
- Created
- Dec 20, 2017
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 20, 2026, 849 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 20, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 849 |
| Latest release | v2.16.0 (Sep 24, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 89 |
| Open issues | 692 |
| Open pull requests | 180 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 20, 2017 |
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About Nginx Proxy Manager
Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager.
Topics
- nginx
- nginx-proxy
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Is Nginx Proxy Manager free and open source?
Yes. Nginx Proxy Manager is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Nginx Proxy Manager with Docker?
Yes. Nginx Proxy Manager provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Nginx Proxy Manager?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Nginx Proxy Manager include Caddy, Traefik and NGINX.
Is Nginx Proxy Manager actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Nginx Proxy Manager was on Oct 20, 2026 with 849 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.16.0, published Sep 24, 2026. It had 692 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.