Apache Traffic Server Alternatives

Apache Traffic Server is described as 'Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Apache Traffic Server for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Apache Traffic Server alternative is Squid, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Apache Traffic Server are Privoxy, Varnish, Acrylic DNS Proxy and Proxomitron.

Apache Traffic Server alternatives are mainly Ad Blockers but may also be VPN Services or VPN Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Apache Traffic Server.

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Apache Traffic Server

Free • Open Source

Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

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Squid
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
BSD
Self-Hosted
Solaris
FreeBSD
OpenSolaris
NetBSD
OpenBSD
24 Squid alternatives
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
- - Squid is the most popular Windows, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Apache Traffic Server.
- - Squid is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Apache Traffic Server.
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HTTP Proxy
Privoxy
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Mac
Windows
Linux
54 Privoxy alternatives
Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
- - Privoxy is the most popular Mac alternative to Apache Traffic Server.
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Varnish
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Free • Open Source
Linux
18 Varnish alternatives
Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art HTTP application accelerator.
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Load balancing
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Acrylic DNS Proxy
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Free • Open Source
Windows
10 Acrylic DNS Proxy alternatives
Acrylic is a local DNS proxy for Windows which improves the performance of your computer by caching the responses coming from your DNS servers and helps you fight unwanted ads through a custom HOSTS file.
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DNS Proxy
DNS Server
Custom DNS
Dns leak blockage
DNS Caching
DNS over HTTPS
Proxomitron
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
24 Proxomitron alternatives
For those who have not yet been introduced, meet the Proxomitron: a free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy.
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Proxomitron Features
1. Support for scriptingProxomitron supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Discontinued
Last version, 4.5, released on June 2003, is still downloadable from the official website
TinyProxy
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Free • Open Source
Linux
29 TinyProxy alternatives
Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.
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TinyProxy Features
Cascade proxy
Polipo
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Windows
Linux
19 Polipo alternatives
A small and fast caching web proxy (a web cache, an HTTP proxy, a proxy server). Polipo can be used in place of ad-filtering, privacy-enhancing proxies such as Junkbuster, Privoxy or WWWOFFLE. As Polipo has much more refined HTTP support, it doesnt impose the speed tax usually...
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From the official website, "Polipo is obsolete. When it was first written, Polipo was probably the best HTTP proxy available. Since then, the web protocols have changed, and Polipo hasn't kept up — it has no support for HTTP/2.0 or the WebSocket protocol. Polipo will no longer be maintained."
PaladinVPN
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Free • Proprietary
VPN Service
VPN Client
Windows
187 PaladinVPN alternatives
PaladinVPN - 100% Unlimited Free VPN Proxy.
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PaladinVPN Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in PaladinVPN without registration.
2. End-to-End EncryptionPaladinVPN has E2E Encryption, for entire or parts of the app.
3. Privacy focusedPaladinVPN is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. OpenVPNPaladinVPN supports OpenVPN, one of the most secure and reliable VPN protocols.
5. AES-256 EncryptionPaladinVPN has AES-256 Encryption, i.e. very strong security.
6. Anonymous ProxyPaladinVPN protects your personal information by hiding your device identifying information.
7. No LogsPaladinVPN doesn't keep any logs of your activities.
8. No TrackingPaladinVPN will not track you or use your personal data.
9. LightweightPaladinVPN consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
WireGuard
Ad-free
GlimmerBlocker
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Mac
Safari
54 GlimmerBlocker alternatives
The problem with other ad-blockers for Safari is that they are implemented as awful hacks: as an InputManager and/or ApplicationEnhancer. This compromises the stability of Safari and very often create problems when Apple releases a new version of Safari.
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Safari extension
System Proxy
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 1.6.6, released in September 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Proximodo
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Windows
42 Proximodo alternatives
Proximodo is a loopback proxy server, seemingly a fork of proxomitron though likely abandonware. Unlike Proxomitron its developer is not existentially challenged. Additionally Proximodo can use Proxomitron filters. Unfortunately it does not support SSL connections.
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CCProxy
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
7 CCProxy alternatives
Want to share Internet connection? Get every computer online through a single Internet connection? Maximize the efficiency of your Internet access on a limited budget? Look no further! Get CCProxy, a small Internet sharing software!
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CCProxy Features
1. Wi-Fi SharingCCProxy can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
3proxy
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
8 3proxy alternatives
3Proxy tiny free proxy server is really tiny cross-platform (Win32/Win64&Unix) freeware proxy servers set. It includes HTTP proxy with HTTPS and FTP support, SOCKSv4/SOCKSv4.5/SOCKSv5 proxy (socks/socks.exe), POP3 proxy, SMTP proxy, AIM/ICQ proxy (icqpr/icqpr.
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