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Backstagevstraefik-crowdsec-bouncer

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Backstagetraefik-crowdsec-bouncer
Score78/10041/100
Rank in category#8 of 166 in Developer Tools#64 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars34 734332
Stars, last 30 days+52—
Stable releases, 12 months140
Latest releasev1.57.0-next.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Backstage scores 78/100 against 41/100 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer, so it is the safer default.

Backstage ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer.

If you want the quickest setup, traefik-crowdsec-bouncer is easier to run; Backstage needs more configuration.

Backstage is growing faster right now (+52 stars in 30 days).

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