Fastly is an edge cloud platform offering CDN and caching, edge compute (serverless), image optimization, TLS and edge security (WAF, DDoS mitigation), load balancing and real-time logging to accelerate and protect web and API traffic globally.
SafeLine is a self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) and reverse proxy that defends web apps from SQL injection, XSS, bot abuse, and DDoS using ML-powered threat detection and configurable policies.
22.4k stars1.5k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
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.
10.9k stars640 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
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.
6.8k stars964 forkslast 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.
4k stars394 forkslast commit Slowing down
High-performance web application firewall and API security gateway with semantic detection, rule management, and reverse-proxy deployment for protecting websites and APIs.
1.7k stars170 forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
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.
890 stars47 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
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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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 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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