nginx-proxy VS Nginx Proxy Manager

Compare nginx-proxy vs Nginx Proxy Manager and see what are their differences.

nginx-proxy

Automated nginx proxy for Docker containers using docker-gen (by nginx-proxy)

Nginx Proxy Manager

Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface (by NginxProxyManager)
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nginx-proxy

Posts with mentions or reviews of nginx-proxy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-25.

Nginx Proxy Manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of Nginx Proxy Manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-23.
  • Down the Rabbit Hole of creating a Home Lab
    19 projects | dev.to | 23 Apr 2025
    NGINX Proxy Manager - GUI for NGINX proxy management
  • The Good Karma Kit
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Apr 2025
    I've been running a tor relay relay on my static IP at my home for over a year now and haven't seen any trouble from it.

    On the other hand, Nginx Proxy Manager got me blocked by brightcloud for the dumbest reason imaginable - the word "proxy" on the default "it works" page - https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/dis...

  • Adventures in Homelabbing: From Cloud Obsession to Self-Hosted Shenanigans
    7 projects | dev.to | 9 Apr 2025
    I began to self-host a Minecraft server using Crafty Controller, an Excalidraw instance, Docmost to replace Notion, Plane to replace Jira, and Penpot to replace Figma. To be able to access them from the internet, I used Nginx Proxy Manager to set up reverse proxies with SSL. You can use Traefik or Caddy instead, but I enjoyed the ease-of-use of NPM. For a dashboard solution, I started with Homarr, but later switched to Homepage because I'm apparently incapable of making a decision and sticking with it.
  • Blocking bots in Nginx
    1 project | dev.to | 26 Feb 2025
    In our case, since we use proxymanager to manage the different domains, the entry of this configuration is done in the advanced section
  • Nginx Proxy Manager
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Feb 2025
  • A story on home server security
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jan 2025
    If anyone is looking for one, https://nginxproxymanager.com/

    Been using it for years and it’s been solid.

  • Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server
    18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Dec 2024
    Most people will use nginx-proxy [0] or Traefik [1] for front ending home labs with LetsEncrypt certs... Beyond that people will protect them with things like Tailscale [2], Cloudflare Tunnels [3] or even just mTLS [4] for protected access.

    Home labbing today has a lot of amazing software and it's hard to keep up!

    And as for dashboarding [5] on top of all this there are a lot of options.

    [0] https://nginxproxymanager.com/

  • Zoraxy: Open-Source, All in one homelab network routing solution
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 May 2024
    https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/iss...
  • Take a look at traefik, even if you don't use containers
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 May 2024
    Why trafik over nginx for my modest needs, a couple docker hosts and a few dozen containers. I use https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager, would trafik provide a benefit on such a small scale?
  • Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
    63 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Mar 2024
    I discovered these 3 amazing projects recently:

    Cryptpad, essentially google docs/sheets/forms e2e encrypted. It does include collaboration. https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad

    Immich, google photos self hostable, with share options https://github.com/immich-app/immich

    Nginxproxymanager manages certificates and proxies to self hosted stuff through nginx https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager

    Great self hosting stuff!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nginx-proxy and Nginx Proxy Manager you can also consider the following projects:

authentik - The authentication glue you need.

traefik - The Cloud Native Application Proxy

docker-swag - Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with php support and a built-in Certbot (Let's Encrypt) client. It also contains fail2ban for intrusion prevention.

acme-dns - Limited DNS server with RESTful HTTP API to handle ACME DNS challenges easily and securely.

Laradock - Full PHP development environment for Docker.

uptime-kuma - A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

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