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traefik vs numa
traefik has 65,003 GitHub stars, 6,209 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped yesterday. numa has 1,513 stars, 107 forks, 28 open issues and last shipped yesterday. traefik leads on adoption by 4,196% (65,003 vs 1,513 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; numa is written in Rust under MIT. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, numa 7%. numa 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 | numa | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 107 |
| 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 numa if
- You want the numa feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and numa 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.
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About numa
numa is a portable DNS resolver written in Rust and shipped as a single roughly 8 MB binary, aimed at developers, self hosters and privacy conscious laptop users who want ad blocking, .numa local service names, hostname overrides and ODoH encrypted upstream queries without a cloud account or a Raspberry Pi.
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or numa more popular?
traefik has 65,003 GitHub stars and numa has 1,513. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and numa free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and numa under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and numa?
traefik is written in Go and numa in Rust. 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 numa?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (65,003 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose numa if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.