Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to WGE
A high-performance web application firewall (WAF) library based on C++ - stone-rhino/wge
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Handy, High performance, ModSecurity compatible Nginx firewall module & 方便、高性能、兼容 ModSecurity 的 Nginx 防火墙模块 - ADD-SP/ngx_waf
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF) - bunkerity/bunkerweb
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Howdy folk, I've been building this project as both a side project and my job for a little while now. The rationale behind it is while wireguard is a fantastic protocol cryptographically it leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to enrollment and end user device security. Obviously instead of using an off the shelf solution like tailscale, I decided to reinvent the wheel which has honestly been quite fun with learning about eBPF, and recently clustering and HA with etcd! The most recent version (in the docker container) contains about 6 months of very new work bringing it all from sqlite3…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Documentation of BunkerWeb, the open source and next generation WAF.
2025 · docs.bunkerweb.io · its alternatives →
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A CLI development tool for WebSocket APIs. Contribute to eliihen/wsta development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Drogon: A C++14/17/20 based HTTP web application framework running on Linux/macOS/Unix/Windows - drogonframework/drogon
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fool attackers and protect your web services with BunkerWeb, the open-source and next-gen Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Jan 2026 · bunkerweb.io · its alternatives →
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🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF) - bunkerity/bunkerweb
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’ve been working on Shibuya, a next-generation Web Application Firewall (WAF) built from the ground up in Rust. I wanted to build a WAF that didn't just rely on legacy regex signatures but could understand intent and perform at line-rate using modern kernel features. What makes Shibuya different: Multi-Layer Pipeline: It integrates a high-performance proxy (built on Pingora) with rate limiting, bot detection, and threat intelligence. eBPF Kernel Filtering: For volumetric attacks, Shibuya can drop malicious packets at the kernel level using XDP before they consume userspace resources.…
Feb 2026 · ghostklan.com · its alternatives →
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A high performance, middleware oriented C++14 http web framework please use matt-42/lithium instead - matt-42/silicon
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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eBPF is an amazing technology that allows safely running user-supplied functions at pretty much arbitrary probe points in a kernel/user space context. Much has been written about how amazing this feature is for kernel observability. But as someone who writes user space code, what I find even more amazing is the support for tracing arbitrary user space programs, with no code changes and low overhead. However, doing in-depth analysis can get complicated and time-consuming. My goal with wachy was to make this debugging significantly easier/faster to use, by displaying traces in a TUI…
2022 · rubrikinc.github.io · its alternatives →
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An ultra fast WSGI server for Python 3. Contribute to jamesroberts/fastwsgi development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've frequently found myself using [nvitop](https://github.com/XuehaiPan/nvitop) to diagnose GPU/CPU contention issues. The two best things about it are: - It's easy to install if I can access pip in the container - It makes a compelling screenshot (which helps me communicate with coworkers.) With those two lessons in mind: Here is Sping! Purpose: Help observe and diagnose latency issues at layer 4+ (TCP/HTTP/HTTPS) Two good things about it: - It's easy to install if you have pip. (Available at…
2025 · dseltzer.gitlab.io · its alternatives →
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Wafer Pass▲116Hi HN, I’m Emilio. We’re launching the Wafer extension for the popular IDEs (VS Code, Cursor and Antigravity). Wafer exists to make performance engineers more efficient. Most of the work perf engs do is extracting signal and turning it into the next experiment. You spend hours per kernel doing interpretation and bookkeeping: which counters matter, what changed, what hypothesis you’re testing, what to try next. Wafer is building an environment where profiling, compiler analysis, and docs are first-class context in your workflow, so iteration is cheap. long-term, that same structured context…
Apr 2026 · wafer.ai · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Korean high school senior here, about to start CS in college. I built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers work. First time using C++, 8 weeks of development, lots of debugging—but it works! Features: - HTML parsing with error correction - CSS cascade and inheritance - Block/inline layout engine - Async image loading + caching - Link navigation + history Hardest parts: - String parsing(html, css) - Rendering - Image Caching & Layout Reflowing What I learned (beyond code): - Systematic debugging is crucial - Ship with known bugs rather than chase…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HNSW implementation in Rust. Reference: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1603/1603.09320.pdf - swapneel/hnsw-rust
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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:zap: Optimizing Python code by implementing a C++ extension - szabolcsdombi/optimization-demo
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A modular web framework for C, inspired by kernel modules. Dynamically upload and compile C code at runtime to build REST APIs, WebSocket services, and more. Includes support for JSON (Jansson), SQLite, OpenSSL, and streaming large data efficiently. - joexbayer/c-web-modules
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Web Application Firewall (WAF) for PHP. Contribute to terrylinooo/shieldon development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nginx system WAF, Domain Management Real-time Monitoring
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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[I'm the author] Spall is a web-accessible profiler that I made to help my web-dev friends load gigabyte+ JSON traces without lunch-break-long load times. Recently, Spall got experimental support for auto-tracing with binary traces (along with an in-progress native-port, to give it more memory headroom), which was used to help track down and fix some hard-to-spot lock contention issues in the Odin-language compiler. I demoed it at the Handmade Seattle conference in October, https://guide.handmade-seattle.com/c/2022/spall/, with a head-to-head against Perfetto,…
2023 · gravitymoth.com · its alternatives →
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