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traefik vs oxidns
traefik has 65,169 GitHub stars, 6,236 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped today. oxidns has 554 stars, 45 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped today. traefik leads on adoption by 11,663% (65,169 vs 554 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; oxidns is written in Rust under GPL-3.0. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, oxidns 8%. traefik 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 | oxidns | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 554 |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 45 |
| 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 oxidns if
- You want the oxidns feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and oxidns 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 oxidns
OxiDNS is a programmable, policy orchestration DNS engine written in Rust, aimed at operators of soft routers, OpenWrt boxes, homelabs and advanced self hosted networks who need explainable, configurable query routing.
read the full oxidns overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or oxidns more popular?
traefik has 65,169 GitHub stars and oxidns has 554. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and oxidns free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and oxidns under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and oxidns?
traefik is written in Go and oxidns 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 oxidns?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (65,169 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose oxidns if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.