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traefik vs amneziawg-installer
traefik has 65,201 GitHub stars, 6,245 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped yesterday. amneziawg-installer has 1,375 stars, 109 forks, 8 open issues and last shipped yesterday. traefik leads on adoption by 4,642% (65,201 vs 1,375 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; amneziawg-installer is written in Shell under MIT. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, amneziawg-installer 8%. amneziawg-installer was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | amneziawg-installer | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 109 |
| 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 amneziawg-installer if
- You want the amneziawg-installer feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You evaluated both and amneziawg-installer 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 amneziawg-installer
amneziawg installer is a one command Bash installer that turns a fresh Ubuntu or Debian VPS into a self hosted AmneziaWG 3.1 VPN server, made for networks that block WireGuard and for operators who want no Docker and no web panel.
read the full amneziawg-installer overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or amneziawg-installer more popular?
traefik has 65,201 GitHub stars and amneziawg-installer has 1,375. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and amneziawg-installer free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and amneziawg-installer under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and amneziawg-installer?
traefik is written in Go and amneziawg-installer in Shell. 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 amneziawg-installer?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (65,201 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose amneziawg-installer if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.