HAProxy
Reliable, high-performance TCP/HTTP load balancer
HAProxy is a fast and reliable open-source load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP and HTTP applications. It is widely deployed for high-availability and high-traffic sites.
Key features
- High-performance load balancing
- TCP and HTTP modes
- Detailed health checks
- Runtime API
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 6.8k GitHub stars
- Written in C
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