Tengine has full compatibility with nginx-1.4.x, but it also has support for Dynamic Module Loading Support (DSO) compile it using dso_tools.

Default tengine is limited to 256 loadable shared modules.

Then, run the following in your command-line:

brew tap denji/tengine

Note: For a list of available configuration options run:

brew options tengine
brew info tengine

Once the tap is installed, you can install tengine with optional additional functionality and modules.

brew install tengine --with-spdy
brew install tengine-upload-module

You are free to install this version alongside a current install of Nginx from Homebrew/homebrew if you wish. However, they cannot be linked at the same time. To switch between them use brew's built in linking system. The configuration files are moved from the folder etc/nginx etc/tengine.

brew unlink nginx
brew unlink nginx-full
brew link tengine