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traefik vs AdGuardHome
traefik has 64,895 GitHub stars, 6,201 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped yesterday. AdGuardHome has 36,970 stars, 2,520 forks, 1,253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. traefik leads on adoption by 76% (64,895 vs 36,970 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; AdGuardHome is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, AdGuardHome 7%. AdGuardHome was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (golang), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| traefik | AdGuardHome | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 37K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 2.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick traefik if
- You weight community size — 65K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick AdGuardHome if
- You want the AdGuardHome feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and AdGuardHome fits your workflow better
About traefik
Traefik — pronounced traffic — is "The Cloud Native Application Proxy": an MIT licensed, Go based HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that watches your orchestrator or service registry and generates its own routes, aimed at teams running microservices on Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, Rancher v2, or Amazon ECS.
read the full traefik overview →
About AdGuardHome
AdGuard Home is a free and open source, network wide DNS server that blocks ads and trackers for every device on a network, aimed at self hosters, homelab operators, and network administrators who want filtering without installing client side software on each device.
read the full AdGuardHome overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or AdGuardHome more popular?
traefik has 64,895 GitHub stars and AdGuardHome has 36,970. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and AdGuardHome free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and AdGuardHome under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and AdGuardHome?
traefik is written in Go and AdGuardHome in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, traefik or AdGuardHome?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (64,895 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose AdGuardHome if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.