A container management UI for Docker, Swarm, Podman, Kubernetes, and ACI.

Traefik
traefik/traefik
A modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer for microservices.
- Active
- MIT
- Go

In short
Traefik is a GitHub project in the DevOps category, written mainly in Go. It is released under the MIT licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 10 Nov 2026. It has 65,522 GitHub stars.
What it does
Maintenance
Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 10 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v3.7.18 · 10 Nov 2026. How we score this
Licence in plain words
Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.
A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗
Traefik compared with alternatives
| Project | Stars | Licence | Status | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime Kuma | 93.5k | MIT | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Traefik (this page) | 65.5k | MIT | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Ruff | 51.2k | MIT | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Portainer | 38.8k | Zlib | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| husky | 35.4k | MIT | Quiet | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Dokku | 32.2k | MIT | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 11 Nov 2026.
Questions
Is Traefik free and open source?
Yes. Traefik is published on GitHub under the MIT licence (permissive). Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.
Is Traefik still maintained?
Active: the last commit was on 10 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v3.7.18, came out on 10 Nov 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.
What is Traefik written in?
Traefik is mainly written in Go.
How popular is Traefik?
As of 11 Nov 2026, Traefik has 65,522 GitHub stars, 6,312 forks and 415 contributors.
What are some alternatives to Traefik?
Other DevOps projects on Repoworthy include Portainer, Dokku, Uptime Kuma, Ruff and husky.
Alternatives in DevOps
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Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.