--- title: Pingora is Not an Nginx Replacement | daily.dev description: Pingora is a library and Rust framework for building network services, but it is not a replacement for Nginx. Cloudflare replaced Nginx with Pingora due to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pingora is Not an Nginx Replacement | daily.dev og:description: Pingora is a library and Rust framework for building network services, but it is not a replacement for Nginx. Cloudflare replaced Nginx with Pingora due to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fHfS5R4Od.png og:image:alt: Pingora is Not an Nginx Replacement 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 is Not an Nginx Replacement **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pingora is a library and Rust framework for building network services, but it is not a replacement for Nginx. Cloudflare replaced Nginx with Pingora due to concerns about security, performance, and customization. Pingora offers improved connection reuse, load sharing, and customization options. While Pingora is not a replacement for Nginx, River is being developed as a binary distribution of Nginx that is built using Pingora. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#nginx](https://daily.dev/tags/nginx) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od) ```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 is Not an Nginx Replacement","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od"},"datePublished":"2024-03-31T16:59:57.182Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:07:00.500Z","description":"Pingora is a library and Rust framework for building network services, but it is not a replacement for Nginx. Cloudflare replaced Nginx with Pingora due to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/44afafde029bcef782b13e7dcc86d139?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/44afafde029bcef782b13e7dcc86d139?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pingora-is-not-an-nginx-replacement-fhfs5r4od","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"rust,nginx","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pingora is Not an Nginx Replacement"}]} ```