GoDoxy
Reverse proxy and container orchestrator for self-hosters
GoDoxy is a high-performance reverse proxy and lightweight container orchestrator designed for self-hosters. It automatically discovers containerized services, creates routes, and exposes a Web UI for configuration, monitoring and logs.
Key Features
- Automatic route discovery from Docker/Podman containers and container labels
- Idle-sleep: stop idle containers and wake them on incoming traffic
- Connection- and request-level access control (IP/CIDR/GeoIP-based rules)
- Built-in server monitoring and system metrics (uptime, CPU, memory, disk)
- Access logging and periodic access summary notifications
- Automated TLS certificate management using DNS-01 (Let's Encrypt)
- HTTP reverse proxy and TCP/UDP port forwarding with rule-based routing
- Authentication integrations: OpenID Connect, ForwardAuth, CAPTCHA middleware
- Web UI with app dashboard, config editor, Docker logs viewer and metrics
Use Cases
- Host and route multiple self-hosted web apps on a single server with automatic Docker label-based routing
- Reduce resource use by putting little-used services to sleep and auto-waking them on demand
- Provide centralized access control, TLS automation and monitoring for home or small lab infrastructures
Limitations and Considerations
- GoDoxy is designed to run in host network mode; changing network mode is not supported and may break routing
- GeoIP-based ACL features require a MaxMind account and GeoIP database configuration to function fully
- Official builds target linux/amd64 and linux/arm64; other OS/architectures are not supported out of the box
- Some application patterns (e.g., containers exposing multiple unrelated ports) may not be handled automatically and require manual routing configuration
GoDoxy combines reverse-proxy features with lightweight container orchestration and an integrated Web UI to simplify routing, access control and monitoring for self-hosted environments. It is intended for users who want automatic container-aware routing, TLS automation and resource-saving idle-sleep capabilities.
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