acme.sh vs LibreSpeed
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted reverse proxy & gateways options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare acme.sh with
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Compare LibreSpeed with
choose an app… Caddy Traefik Pi-hole mitmproxy Kong Gateway Istio AdGuard Home NPS Nginx Proxy Manager Nginx Envoy Authelia Pingora authentik SafeLine Pangolin Anubis Ingress-NGINX DDNS-Go Apache APISIX Shadowsocks-libev flaresolverr OAuth2 Proxy CrowdSec
Feature acme.sh LibreSpeed Category Reverse Proxy & Gateways Reverse Proxy & Gateways License GPL-3.0 free Language Shell JavaScript Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 32 MB 512 MB Deployment binary, source docker, one-click GitHub stars ★ 47,426 ★ 15,025 First released 2016 2022 Replaces Certbot —
Why pick each one
Choose acme.sh if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Mature project with 47.4k GitHub stars Written in Shell acme.sh details Choose LibreSpeed if… Easy to set up — beginner-friendly First-class Docker support for quick deployment One-click install on common self-host platforms Mature project with 15k GitHub stars LibreSpeed details
Frequently asked questions Is acme.sh or LibreSpeed better? Neither is universally better. acme.sh has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are acme.sh and LibreSpeed free and open-source? Yes. acme.sh is licensed under GPL-3.0 and LibreSpeed under free. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run acme.sh and LibreSpeed with Docker? acme.sh: check the project docs for container support. LibreSpeed: yes.