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Nginx Proxy Manager vs Traefik: catalog facts
Nginx Proxy Manager	Traefik
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Traefik Proxy is free and open source. Traefik Hub and enterprise products are paid.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Certificates are requested and renewed without touching a config file Access lists put authentication in front of services that have none	Routes appear automatically from Docker labels or Kubernetes resources Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates including DNS challenges
Advanced Nginx configuration has to go into a custom snippet box Ships as a Docker image; there is no packaged install	Middleware and provider configuration is verbose and version-sensitive Some enterprise features live in the paid Traefik Hub product
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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