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LXDvstraefik-crowdsec-bouncer

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

LXDtraefik-crowdsec-bouncer
Score70/10041/100
Rank in category#3 of 15 in Virtualization#64 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars4 844332
Stars, last 30 days+13—
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releaselxd-6.10.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

LXD scores 70/100 against 41/100 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer, so it is the safer default.

LXD ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer.

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

LXD is growing faster right now (+13 stars in 30 days).

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