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Traefik vs UUSEC WAF

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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TR Traefik Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer VS UU UUSEC WAF Industry-leading high-performance, AI and semantic technology web
FeatureTraefikUUSEC WAF
CategoryReverse Proxy & GatewaysReverse Proxy & Gateways
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
LanguageGoShell
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM128 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, helmdocker
GitHub stars★ 64,330★ 1,699
First released20152026
ReplacesHAProxy, AWS ELB—

Why pick each one

Choose Traefik if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Mature project with 64.3k GitHub stars
Traefik details

Choose UUSEC WAF if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Shell
UUSEC WAF details

Frequently asked questions

Is Traefik or UUSEC WAF better?

Neither is universally better. Traefik has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Traefik and UUSEC WAF free and open-source?

Yes. Traefik is licensed under MIT and UUSEC WAF under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Traefik and UUSEC WAF with Docker?

Traefik: yes. UUSEC WAF: yes.

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