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Best Encrypted Reverse Proxy & Gateways for self-hosting

The 38 best Encrypted reverse proxy & gateways you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
Caddy≈5-minute setupEasy64 MBApache-2.077,932
TraefikUnder-an-hour setupMedium128 MBMIT65,200
IstioRead-the-docs projectHard1,024 MBApache-2.038,437
Nginx Proxy Manager≈5-minute setupEasy256 MBMIT34,397
NginxUnder-an-hour setupMedium64 MBBSD-2-Clause31,884
AutheliaUnder-an-hour setupMedium128 MBApache-2.029,257
EnvoyUnder-an-hour setupHard512 MBApache-2.029,073
PingoraRead-the-docs projectHard128 MBApache-2.027,615
PangolinUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBAGPL-3.023,085
Shadowsocks-libevUnder-an-hour setupMedium32 MBGPL-3.016,184

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Encrypted within the reverse proxy & gateways category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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