Istio
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysFull-featured service mesh for traffic and security control
Replaces AWS App Mesh
Best Real-Time Reverse Proxy & Gateways for self-hosting
The 13 best Real-Time reverse proxy & gateways you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
SafeLine
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysSelf-hosted web application firewall with a web console
Replaces Cloudflare WAF
Apache APISIX
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysDynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway
Replaces Kong, AWS API Gateway
CrowdSec
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysCollaborative open-source intrusion prevention system
Replaces Cloudflare WAF, Fail2ban
Linkerd
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysUltralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes
Replaces Istio, AWS App Mesh
FrankenPHP
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysModern PHP application server built on Caddy
Replaces nginx, Apache HTTP Server
Tyk
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysOpen-source API gateway and management platform
Replaces Apigee, AWS API Gateway
ExternalDNS
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysSynchronize Kubernetes services with DNS providers
Replaces Route 53 manual records
NGINX Unit
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysDynamic application server and reverse proxy
Replaces Passenger, uWSGI
Kuma
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysUniversal service mesh for Kubernetes and VMs
Replaces Istio, Linkerd
Traefik Mesh
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysLightweight service mesh built on Traefik
Replaces Istio, Linkerd
Gravitee API Management
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysOpen-source API management platform
Replaces Apigee, MuleSoft
HAProxy Data Plane API
Reverse Proxy & GatewaysREST API for dynamic HAProxy configuration
Replaces NGINX Plus API
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Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Real-Time within the reverse proxy & gateways category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.