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HAProxy Load Balancer's development branch (mirror of git.haproxy.org)

nginx and Sōzu. 2 alternatives to HAProxy, in C, Rust. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.

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ToolFitStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
nginxPartial32kBSD-2-ClauseOpen sourceYesCrelease-1.31.72026-10-16
SōzuPartial3.7kAGPL-3.0Open sourceYesRust2.3.22026-10-18

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nginxPartial

The official NGINX Open Source repository.

Reverse proxy and load balancer that also serves static files, with less detailed health checks and stats.

Language
C
Stars
32k
Last push
2026-10-16
SōzuPartial

Sōzu HTTP reverse proxy, configurable at runtime, fast and safe, built in Rust. It is awesome!

Hot-reconfigurable HTTP and TCP reverse proxy written in Rust, with fewer features.

Language
Rust
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Stars
3.7k
Latest
2.3.2
Last push
2026-10-18

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6.9k
Last push
2026-10-18

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