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traefik vs frpmgr
traefik has 65,066 GitHub stars, 6,224 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. frpmgr has 2,053 stars, 185 forks, 21 open issues and last shipped 24 days ago. traefik leads on adoption by 3,069% (65,066 vs 2,053 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; frpmgr is written in Go under Apache-2.0. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, frpmgr 9%. traefik was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (go, reverse-proxy), 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 | frpmgr | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 2.1K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 185 |
| 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 frpmgr if
- You want the frpmgr feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and frpmgr 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 frpmgr
FRP Manager (frpmgr) is a user friendly desktop GUI client for FRP on Windows that lets users configure, launch, and monitor reverse proxies without ever writing a configuration file.
read the full frpmgr overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or frpmgr more popular?
traefik has 65,066 GitHub stars and frpmgr has 2,053. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and frpmgr free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and frpmgr under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and frpmgr?
traefik is written in Go and frpmgr in Go. 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 frpmgr?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (65,066 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose frpmgr if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.