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traefik vs titanium-web-proxy
traefik has 65,169 GitHub stars, 6,236 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped today. titanium-web-proxy has 2,010 stars, 662 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped today. traefik leads on adoption by 3,142% (65,169 vs 2,010 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; titanium-web-proxy is written in C# under MIT. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, titanium-web-proxy 33%. 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 | titanium-web-proxy | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | C# |
| Last push | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 662 |
| 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 titanium-web-proxy if
- You want the titanium-web-proxy feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and titanium-web-proxy 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 titanium-web-proxy
Titanium Web Proxy is a cross platform HTTP(S) proxy for Windows, Linux, and macOS, available as a C library, a command line reverse proxy, and a desktop MITM debugger.
read the full titanium-web-proxy overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or titanium-web-proxy more popular?
traefik has 65,169 GitHub stars and titanium-web-proxy has 2,010. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and titanium-web-proxy free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and titanium-web-proxy under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and titanium-web-proxy?
traefik is written in Go and titanium-web-proxy in C#. 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 titanium-web-proxy?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (65,169 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose titanium-web-proxy if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.