HAProxy

NGINX

nginx/nginx

Popular

Ubiquitous high-performance web server, reverse proxy and load balancer.

Caddy

caddyserver/caddy

Web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS and simple configuration.

Traefik

traefik/traefik

Cloud-native reverse proxy with automatic service discovery and Let's Encrypt certificates.

Envoy

envoyproxy/envoy

Popular

CNCF L7 proxy and data plane behind Istio and many gateways, configured dynamically via xDS.

Nginx Proxy Manager

NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager

Web UI for managing NGINX reverse-proxy hosts with free Let's Encrypt certificates; a homelab favorite.

Kong

Kong/kong

Popular

Widely adopted API gateway on NGINX/OpenResty with a large plugin ecosystem and AI gateway features.

Apache APISIX

apache/apisix

Dynamic, high-performance API gateway on NGINX/etcd with hot-reloaded plugins.

Pingora

cloudflare/pingora

Rising

Cloudflare's Rust framework for building fast, memory-safe programmable proxies.

Apache HTTP Server

apache/httpd

Legacy

Long-standing modular web server (httpd); still common on shared hosting but rarely chosen for new stacks.