BunkerWeb is an open-source WAF and NGINX-based reverse proxy to protect web apps and APIs with HTTPS automation, security policies, and extensible plugins.
10.8k stars636 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
6 self-hosted Cloudflare CDN alternatives
A global edge content delivery network and reverse-proxy platform that caches and serves websites and APIs, offering load balancing, DDoS mitigation, and web application firewall features to reduce latency, improve availability, and protect web traffic.
Alternatives to Cloudflare CDN
#2
HAProxy is a fast, reliable reverse proxy and load balancer for TCP and HTTP applications, providing high availability, TLS termination, health checks, and traffic routing.
6.7k stars953 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#3
A general-purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool for homelabs, offering web UI, ACME/TLS, stream proxy, plugins and realtime monitoring.
5.3k stars315 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP reverse proxy cache for accelerating web applications and APIs with flexible caching rules and detailed request logging.
4.1k stars394 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#5
NetGoat is a self-hostable reverse proxy and traffic management platform offering Cloudflare-like features such as TLS termination, rate limiting, WAF-style filtering, and dashboards.
888 stars47 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
Squid is a high-performance caching proxy that accelerates web delivery, reduces bandwidth usage, and provides extensive access controls for proxy and reverse-proxy setups.
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What replacing Cloudflare CDN actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 6 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
Browse everything in Edge & Traffic (Reverse Proxy, Load Balancing, Web Servers).
