Haproxy AlternativesReverse Proxy Servers & Load Balancers like Haproxy

Haproxy is described as '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' and is a Reverse Proxy server in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Haproxy for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Web-based, Self-Hosted and SaaS apps. The best Haproxy alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Haproxy are Cloudflare, Fossorial Pangolin, Nginx Proxy Manager and Træfik Proxy.

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  1. nginx icon
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    nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server.

    62 nginx alternatives

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    • BSD
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  2. Cloudflare icon
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    Delivers SaaS transparent proxy to shield websites, integrating dynamic DNS, global CDN, and web application firewall; blocks DDoS and targeted attacks, optimizes traffic for speed, reduces server load, analyzes threats, supports flexible deployment, and caching features.

    92 Cloudflare alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Open-source platform enabling secure, seamless remote access via WireGuard tunnels with identity-based controls, a unified dashboard for monitoring and configuration, automatic SSL management, granular policy enforcement, and exposure of private resources behind firewalls.

    66 Fossorial Pangolin alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. This project comes as a pre-built docker image that enables you to easily forward to your websites running at home or otherwise, including free SSL, without having to know too much about Nginx or Letsencrypt.

    11 Nginx Proxy Manager alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Speedify icon
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    Combine multiple Internet connections on your smartphone or computer. Get faster speed and a more reliable and secure connection.

    6 Speedify alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Raspbian
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  6. DevBind icon
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    High-performance local development reverse proxy in Rust with automatic HTTPS. Map .test domains to dev ports instantly. Zero-config SSL for a friction-less workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  7. NetGoat icon
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    A Cloudflare alternative for local and cloud use, can be used ontop of cloudflare for cloudflares paid features, but for free!.

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    • Self-Hosted
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  8. A high-performance, zero-downtime reverse proxy manager built on Cloudflare's Pingora. Simple, Modern, and Fast. Now supports Wildcard SSL & TCP/UDP Streams!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  9. NPMplus icon
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    improved fork of nginx-proxy-manager.

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
    • Docker
    • Typescript
    • Docker Hub
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  10. CivetWeb icon
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    CivetWeb is an easy to use, powerful, C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
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