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Traefik vs Nginx Proxy Manager: catalog facts
Traefik	Nginx Proxy Manager
Free Traefik Proxy is free and open source. Traefik Hub and enterprise products are paid.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Routes appear automatically from Docker labels or Kubernetes resources Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates including DNS challenges	Certificates are requested and renewed without touching a config file Access lists put authentication in front of services that have none
Middleware and provider configuration is verbose and version-sensitive Some enterprise features live in the paid Traefik Hub product	Advanced Nginx configuration has to go into a custom snippet box Ships as a Docker image; there is no packaged install
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
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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