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24 alternatives to Traefik

Traefik is a Modern Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Traefik launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Traefik – a modern reverse proxy▲7

   The Cloud Native Application Proxy. Contribute to traefik/traefik development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Proxy Tester by ScrapeOps▲208

   Benchmark proxies for reliable, target-specific scraping

   Aug 2026 · scrapeops.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   New CrowdSec bouncer via Traefik plugin▲10

   Traefik plugin for Crowdsec - WAF and IP protection - maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   btunnel▲117

   No more localhost, welcome to the internet

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Lynk – Securely expose local TCP and HTTP services to the web▲127

   2020 · lynk.sh · its alternatives →

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   Isaiah – open-source and self-hosted app to manage everything Docker▲196

   Self-hostable clone of lazydocker for the web. Manage your Docker fleet with ease - will-moss/isaiah

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Fanout – Reverse proxy to push real-time data to connected devices▲84

   Deliver real-time data and low-latency WebSockets & pub/sub at the edge with Fastly. Scale chat, IoT, live apps and messaging with a self-managed infrastructure.

   2017 · fanout.io · its alternatives →

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   Pingoo – A reverse proxy with built-in WAF and bot protection (in Rust)▲17

   The fast and secure Load Balancer / API Gateway / Reverse Proxy with built-in service discovery, GeoIP, WAF, bot protection and much more - https://pingoo.io - pingooio/pingoo

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pushpin – A new way to build realtime HTTP and WebSocket services▲114

   Reverse proxy for realtime APIs.

   2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Run your own PaaS based on Docker and Traefik /w LetsEncrypt and stats▲16

    Run your own PaaS using Docker, Traefik, and great analytics - almarklein/mypaas

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Traffix▲74

    Control the traffic flow

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Traffiq▲11

    Intelligent traffic automation for online businesses

    2025 · traffic.framer.ai · its alternatives →

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    Switchboard – A mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure▲92

    Simple mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure. - whytheplatypus/switchboard

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fanout▲98

    Your API stack. Now with realtime push.

    2015 · fastly.com · its alternatives →

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    Crapify, a proxy for simulating slow, spotty HTTP connections▲96

    2015 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AP
    A proxy service for debugging HTTP/S traffic▲75

    2017 · debugproxy.com · its alternatives →

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    Tcconfig – Simple tc wrapper, easy to set up network traffic control▲34

    A tc command wrapper. Make it easy to set up traffic control of network bandwidth/latency/packet-loss/packet-corruption/etc. to a network-interface/Docker-container(veth). - thombashi/tcconfig

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Get a Kubernetes LoadBalancer where you never thought it was possible▲61

    Get public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clusters - inlets/inlets-operator

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Traefik Docker Protector▲9

    Protect the Docker Daemon from forbidden requests. Contribute to knrdl/docker-socket-protector development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunshell – Remote shell into ephemeral environments behind NAT/firewall▲70

    Remote shell into ephemeral environments 🐚 🦀. Contribute to TimeToogo/tunshell development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I've built Routify, a global serverless API gateway▲8

    Hello HN, for the past couple of months I've been working on Routify and wanted to share the progress made so far and hopefully get your opinion/feedback on it. Routify is a global serverless API gateway which handles routing, authentication, rate limiting, load balancing, monitoring, transformation etc (with more coming soon). Routify makes it easier to manage and secure public APIs. It's distributed across many regions globally and acts as a proxy between your clients and your services. You can configure it through the interface in a matter of minutes (no code required). There are…

    2024 · routify.to · its alternatives →

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    Chameleon – a caching reverse proxy for testing/dev written in Go▲23

    Caching reverse proxy for testing written in Go. Contribute to nickpresta/chameleon development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    btunnel▲4

    No more localhost, Welcome to the Internet

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    I built an HTTP client that perfectly mimics Chrome 142▲39

    BoringSSL and nghttp2. Matches JA3N, JA4, and JA4_R fingerprints. Supports HTTP/2, async/await, and works with Cloudflare-protected sites. Not trying to compete with curl_cffi - just a learning project that turned into something functional.

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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