nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Rambler (RamblerMedia.com).
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Cloudflare is a software-as-a-service hosted front-end transparent proxy designed to be put in front of any website to block attacks of any size and type, and offer integrated DNS and CDN services.
- CDN
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+9Caddy is a web server like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with different goals, features, and advantages.
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
+1The Cloud Native Application Proxy Simplify networking complexity while designing, deploying, and operating applications.
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Docker Hub
HAProxy is free, open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers.
- Load Balancer
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
BunkerWeb is a next-generation and open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF).
- Web Server
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
General purpose request (reverse) proxy and forwarding tool for low power devices. Now written in Go!
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
+7freenginx is an effort to preserve free and open development of nginx, an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.
- Web Server
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Pangolin is a self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy server with identity and access control, designed to securely expose private resources on distributed networks. Acting as a central hub, it connects isolated networks — even those behind restrictive firewalls — through encrypted...
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Linux
Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel).
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Freemium • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Pomerium is an identity and context-aware proxy that enables secure access to applications without a client. Pomerium provides a standardized interface to add access control to applications regardless of whether the application itself has authorization or authentication baked-in.
- Identity Management Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Kubernetes
- Docker
Pipy is a high performance programmable proxy for the cloud, edge and IoT. Its core is written in C++ with excellent cross-platform capability. It is both high performance and low resource. Pipy comes with a built-in JavaScript engine that allows easy custom logic implementation...
- Load Balancer
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Mac
- BSD
- Linux
OAuth2-Proxy is a flexible, open-source tool that can act as either a standalone reverse proxy or a middleware component integrated into existing reverse proxy or load balancer setups. It provides a simple and secure way to protect your web applications with OAuth2 / OIDC...
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
Reproxy is a simple edge HTTP(s) server / reverse proxy supporting various providers (docker, static, file). One or more providers supply information about the requested server, requested url, destination URL, and health check url.
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
DockFlare streamlines Cloudflare Tunnel and Zero Trust Access policy management by leveraging Docker labels for automated configuration and a comprehensive web UI for manual service definition and policy overrides for any rule.
- Reverse Proxy Server
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Cloudflare