traefik VS Nginx Proxy Manager

Compare traefik vs Nginx Proxy Manager and see what are their differences.

Nginx Proxy Manager

Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface (by NginxProxyManager)
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traefik Nginx Proxy Manager
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44,679 15,391
1.6% 5.5%
0.0 1.8
5 days ago 7 days ago
Go JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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traefik

Posts with mentions or reviews of traefik. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-12.

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 2023-09-03.
  • My Home Lab setup
    6 projects | dev.to | 3 Sep 2023
    Load Balancer: NPM Static IP VPN: PureVPN Proxy Server: CCProxy
  • Domains and Email hosting
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 7 Jul 2023
    As far as website hosting, just set up a few Docker containers: one for a web-server of your choice, and one for a reverse proxy. I recommend Nginx Proxy Manager. It handles SSL certificates for you in a super simple way (both the initial acquisition process as well as auto renewal) and makes it easy to expand to using multiple web servers in the future, or setting up redirects without filling up your DNS records.
  • Risk of self-hosting smaller projects
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 4 Jul 2023
    Feel like Christian Lempa is being a bit too lenient with the developer of Nginx Proxy Manager. jc21's handling of reported vulnerability was poor. 10 months to fix and then simply including it in the list of changes for v2.9.20 without publishing a security advisory. Not great. And to make matters worse, the project still doesn't have a security policy.
  • Trouble setting up reverse proxy with Nginx.
    2 projects | /r/unRAID | 30 Jun 2023
  • Raspberry Pi 3b+ enough for proxy server
    3 projects | /r/raspberryDIY | 25 Jun 2023
    Docker runs on the 3B+ so you could use this [Github] or the one I have deployed here [NGINX Proxy Manager site] amongst others.
  • Add https to docker app
    2 projects | /r/docker | 24 Jun 2023
    UPDATE: Hello everyone, finally after doing some research about reverse proxies I have found a way of adding https to my webapps. I found this service called https://nginxproxymanager.com/ and followed the tutorial on their website its pretty easy. Thanks for your help guys!!
  • Safely opening up FreshRSS Server
    6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 20 Jun 2023
    Is Reverse Proxy enough to be safe? I was thinking about trying Nginx Proxy Manager. Also... Do I also have to separately setup Nginx before installing the Proxy Manager?
  • New to Keep large amount of Data and Need Advice!
    7 projects | /r/selfhosted | 19 Jun 2023
    For a few TB of data you have many options. I use a Beelink Mini S12 with a 4TB SSD and a 2TB NVMe in it. It is powerful enough to run several services and stream photos and video to my phone, desktop, and TV (using an Amazon Fire Stick on the TV). I use Photoprism and Jellyfin for that. I access it remotely using Tailscale. It helps if you own a domain so you can setup SSL certs. I have devpl.us and home.devpl.us points to my server.
  • Internal Server Error when proxy host directs to router
    2 projects | /r/nginxproxymanager | 13 Jun 2023
    The SSL certificate for my wildcard domain is currently managed by the acme.sh script running as a Docker container until the issue with NPM and Azure DNS certificate management is resolved.
  • Ask community: are you OK with headless setups?
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Jun 2023
    I recently had trouble getting an SSL cert, but I found this PR and it already has an image and it works for me. I use Tailscale and my network isn't visible from the internet so I use the DNS Challenge option with GoDaddy and an API key.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing traefik and Nginx Proxy Manager you can also consider the following projects:

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.

socks5-proxy-server - SOCKS5 proxy server

Caddy - Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

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

ingress-nginx - Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes

BunkerWeb - 🛡️ Make your web services secure by default !

docker-pi-hole - Pi-hole in a docker container

caddy-docker - Source for the official Caddy v2 Docker Image

homer - A very simple static homepage for your server.

frp - A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

envoy - Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy

authelia - The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps