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SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) vs Ferron: catalog facts
SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway)	Ferron
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
Automatic Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL certificate renewal fail2ban included for blocking repeated attacks	Short, readable configuration for sites and reverse proxies Automatic TLS certificate issuance and renewal
Requires Docker Proxy configuration is edited as nginx config files rather than through a GUI	Younger project with a smaller ecosystem than Nginx or Caddy Configuration is text-only, with no web interface
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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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