SafeLine
Web application firewall / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.
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Still maintained? Yes: 38 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v9.4.3 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
SafeLine quick facts
- Health score
- 97/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 23,113
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v9.4.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SafeLine scores 97/100, #6 of 19 in Web Servers: 38 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v9.4.3, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 23,113 stars add 17.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
38 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v9.4.3 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.5 / 20
23k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 38
- Last 90 days
- 44
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 19 tools in Web Servers by health , between Pangolin (#5) and BunkerWeb (#7) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v9.4.3 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 23,113 |
| Open issues | 54 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | chaitin/SafeLine ↗ |
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SafeLine: common questions
Is SafeLine still maintained?
SafeLine had 38 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v9.4.3, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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