--- title: Pingora: A Rust Framework for Building Fast and Reliable... description: Cloudflare has open sourced Pingora, a Rust framework that provides a fast and reliable replacement for NGINX. Pingora offers customizable APIs and libraries... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-a-rust-framework-for-building-fast-and-reliable-network-services-bvpll4whg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pingora: A Rust Framework for Building Fast and Reliable Network Services | daily.dev og:description: Cloudflare has open sourced Pingora, a Rust framework that provides a fast and reliable replacement for NGINX. Pingora offers customizable APIs and libraries... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-a-rust-framework-for-building-fast-and-reliable-network-services-bvpll4whg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bVPlL4WHg.png og:image:alt: Pingora: A Rust Framework for Building Fast and Reliable Network Services og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pingora: A Rust Framework for Building Fast and Reliable Network Services **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cloudflare has open sourced Pingora, a Rust framework that provides a fast and reliable replacement for NGINX. Pingora offers customizable APIs and libraries for building network services, addressing memory safety issues and providing high performance. Developers can leverage Pingora's programmable API for advanced load balancing functions. ## Content Cloudflare has recently open sourced Pingora, a Rust framework that serves as a replacement for NGINX. Pingora addresses key issues with memory safety and software architecture decisions found in NGINX, while also offering customizable APIs and libraries for building network services. Pingora is designed to be a powerful and flexible option for developers looking to build lightning-fast and reliable network services. It leverages features such as async Rust, HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 end-to-end proxy support, TLS, gRPC and websocket proxying, and customizable load balancing. With its memory safety and high performance, Pingora serves as a secure alternative for C/C++ services and provides extensive customization options. Developers can utilize Pingora's programmable API to build advanced load balancing functions, as showcased in a specific example provided in the post. Cloudflare's open-source release of Pingora enables developers to harness the benefits of this Rust framework for their own applications. Whether it's building services on top of HTTP/1 and HTTP/2, TLS, or TCP/UDP, Pingora offers robust libraries and APIs to streamline the development process. It also offers full support for Linux as a tier 1 environment, further enhancing its versatility. Overall, Pingora is poised to revolutionize the way developers build network services, ensuring both reliability and performance. By open sourcing this framework, Cloudflare has opened the doors for developers to leverage its capabilities and contribute to its continuous improvement. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-a-rust-framework-for-building-fast-and-reliable-network-services-bvpll4whg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pingora: A Rust Framework for Building Fast and Reliable Network Services","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-a-rust-framework-for-building-fast-and-reliable-network-services-bvpll4whg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-a-rust-framework-for-building-fast-and-reliable-network-services-bvpll4whg"},"datePublished":"2024-02-28T15:05:00.694Z","dateModified":"2024-03-01T18:01:46.449Z","description":"Cloudflare has open sourced Pingora, a Rust framework that provides a fast and reliable replacement for NGINX. 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