Anipaleja/nginx-defender

A lightweight, real time log monitoring tool designed to detect and block IP addresses exhibiting abusive behavior such as brute force attacks, excessive requests, or suspicious patterns. Automatically integrates with your server’s firewall (iptables or ufw) to block offenders and protect web services without relying on external services.

20 best points · 0 comments · 2 Hacker News posts · 79 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• Nginx-Defender: Enterprise-Grade WAF with Advanced Threat Intelligence (20 points, 0 comments, by thunderbong, 2025-08-12)
• Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx (3 points, 0 comments, by anipaleja, 2026-02-07)