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nginx-proxyvstrusted-cgi

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

nginx-proxytrusted-cgi
Score76/10045/100
Rank in category#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#4 of 7 in Serverless
GitHub stars19 936249
Stars, last 30 days+18—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.11.6 · 16 Jul 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 45/100 for trusted-cgi, so it is the safer default.

nginx-proxy ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for trusted-cgi.

nginx-proxy is growing faster right now (+18 stars in 30 days).

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