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traefik vs Modlishka
traefik has 64,976 GitHub stars, 6,206 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Modlishka has 5,415 stars, 959 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. traefik leads on adoption by 1,100% (64,976 vs 5,415 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; Modlishka is written in Go under GPL-3.0. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Modlishka 18%. traefik was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (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 | Modlishka | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-25 | 2026-08-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 959 |
| 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 Modlishka if
- You want the Modlishka feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Modlishka 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 Modlishka
Modlishka is an open source, GPL 3.0 licensed man in the middle reverse proxy written in Go, intended for authorised security researchers and professional penetration testers who study how browser based authentication and two factor schemes can be bypassed.
read the full Modlishka overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or Modlishka more popular?
traefik has 64,976 GitHub stars and Modlishka has 5,415. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and Modlishka free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and Modlishka under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and Modlishka?
traefik is written in Go and Modlishka 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 Modlishka?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (64,976 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Modlishka if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.