In simple English
This is a toolkit for writing your own network servers and proxy software. Cloudflare uses it to handle millions of requests every second. You write code in Rust to control how traffic flows through your server. It takes a lot of coding work, but it saves memory and runs very fast. The project is free to use under the Apache-2.0 licence.
What it is
Pingora is a modular Rust (a programming language known for speed and safety) framework for building programmable networked systems and HTTP proxies. It provides low-level building blocks for handling connections, TLS encryption, load balancing and protocol parsing.
What it is good for
Solo builders who need to create custom reverse proxies, API gateways or high-performance network services with strict memory and speed requirements.
- Handles millions of requests with low memory use.
- Modular design lets you include only the parts you need.
- Battle-tested in production by a major infrastructure provider.
- Requires strong proficiency in the Rust programming language.
- Linux is the primary supported environment, making local development on other operating systems harder.
- Caching features are experimental and APIs may change.
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git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora cd pingora cargo build