Traefik

Traefik is an open-source edge router and reverse proxy that automatically discovers services and configures routing for microservices and container environments.

Pricing

Free + enterprise custom pricing

Reviews

2,500+

Founded

2015

Team Size

51-200 employees

Current Deal

Free open-source proxy

About Traefik

Traefik is a modern reverse proxy and load balancer designed for cloud-native environments. It automatically discovers services from orchestrators like Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud providers, configuring routes without manual intervention.

The proxy supports automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, WebSocket, HTTP/2, gRPC, and TCP/UDP routing. Middleware chain enables request transformation, rate limiting, authentication, and circuit breaking.

Traefik Hub extends the platform with API management, access control, and observability. Traefik Enterprise adds high availability, distributed rate limiting, and OIDC authentication.

Traefik is the most popular ingress controller alternative to Nginx in Kubernetes environments, valued for its automatic service discovery and dynamic configuration capabilities.