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OpenResty vs SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway): catalog facts
OpenResty	SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway)
Free Free and open source; the company sells separate commercial products.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Scripts Nginx request handling in Lua Bundles many Lua libraries and Nginx modules	Automatic Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL certificate renewal fail2ban included for blocking repeated attacks
Requires familiarity with Nginx configuration and Lua Homepage also promotes paid commercial products	Requires Docker Proxy configuration is edited as nginx config files rather than through a GUI
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
No account 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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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