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Traefik vs Caddy: catalog facts
Traefik	Caddy
Free Traefik Proxy is free and open source. Traefik Hub and enterprise products are paid.	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Routes appear automatically from Docker labels or Kubernetes resources Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates including DNS challenges	Automatic HTTPS by default, including a managed local CA for internal names and IPs A working reverse proxy with TLS takes two lines of configuration
Middleware and provider configuration is verbose and version-sensitive Some enterprise features live in the paid Traefik Hub product	Fewer third-party modules and less documentation than nginx Adding modules means rebuilding the binary with xcaddy
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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