# nginx-love vs Traefik

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

| | nginx-love | Traefik |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 86/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall | #1 of 24 in Reverse Proxy |
| GitHub stars | 312 | 65 399 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +0 | +444 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 1 | 34 ✓ |
| Latest release | v4.01 · 31 Oct 2025 | v2.11.60 · 20 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Typescript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

Traefik scores 86/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

Traefik ships more often: 34 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nginx-love.

Traefik is growing faster right now (+444 stars in 30 days).

## Details

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

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