Nginx UI

Nginx UI is a self-hosted web interface for administering Nginx servers through a browser. It focuses on editing and validating Nginx configuration safely, managing certificates, and providing operational visibility via logs, terminal access, and system metrics.

Key Features

• Web-based editing for Nginx site and server configurations, including a visual block editor and code editor with completion
• Automatic configuration testing and Nginx reload after saving changes
• Built-in configuration backup with version comparison and restore
• Let’s Encrypt certificate issuance and automatic renewal
• Nginx log viewing from the UI
• Server monitoring dashboard (CPU, memory, load, disk)
• Cluster management with mirroring operations to multiple nodes
• Web terminal for server-side management tasks
• Two-factor authentication for securing sensitive actions
• Optional AI assistant features and agent integrations via MCP for automation workflows

Use Cases

• Manage one or more Nginx reverse proxies without editing configs manually over SSH
• Safely roll out and roll back Nginx configuration changes with versioned backups
• Centralize certificate lifecycle management (issue/renew) for Nginx-hosted sites

Limitations and Considerations

• Assumes a Debian-style Nginx config layout (sites-available/sites-enabled); other layouts may require adjustments

Nginx UI suits homelabs and small-to-medium deployments that want a practical Nginx control plane with safer edits, quicker certificate management, and basic observability. It is distributed as a single binary and is commonly deployed with Docker or system services for straightforward operations.