# nginx-love vs SafeLine

> Two self-hosted [Web Application Firewall projects](https://selfhost.directory/web-application-firewall), compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | nginx-love | SafeLine |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 81/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall | #1 of 3 in Web Application Firewall |
| GitHub stars | 312 | 23 066 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +396 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 1 | 11 ✓ |
| Latest release | v4.01 · 31 Oct 2025 | v9.4.3 · 21 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

SafeLine scores 81/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

SafeLine ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nginx-love.

SafeLine is growing faster right now (+396 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [nginx-love](https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love.md)
- [SafeLine](https://selfhost.directory/project/safeline) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/safeline.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/nginx-love-vs-safeline