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traefik vs WR.DO
traefik has 64,895 GitHub stars, 6,201 forks, 939 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WR.DO has 2,279 stars, 364 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. traefik leads on adoption by 2,748% (64,895 vs 2,279 stars). traefik is written in Go under MIT; WR.DO is written in TypeScript under MIT. traefik has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, WR.DO 16%. traefik was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (docker), 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 | WR.DO | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.2K | ⑂ 364 |
| 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 WR.DO if
- You want the WR.DO feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and WR.DO 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 WR.DO
WR.DO free open source MIT TypeScript Next.js self hosted one stop domain service platform. It combines short link generation, unlimited domain email, Cloudflare subdomain management, S3 compatible file storage, open API, admin panel. It targets operators needing one control plane for DNS records, links, mailboxes, files, users.
read the full WR.DO overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is traefik or WR.DO more popular?
traefik has 64,895 GitHub stars and WR.DO has 2,279. traefik has the larger community by that measure.
Are traefik and WR.DO free?
Both are open source. traefik is licensed under MIT and WR.DO under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between traefik and WR.DO?
traefik is written in Go and WR.DO in TypeScript. 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 WR.DO?
Choose traefik if you want the larger community (64,895 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose WR.DO if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.