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SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway)

Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with PHP support, built-in Certbot (Let's Encrypt) client and fail2ban integration.

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Still maintained? Yes: 48 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 5.9.0-ls496 (Oct 2026).

Docker #12 of 19 in Web Servers

At a glance

SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) quick facts

Health score
94/100 GOOD
Stars
3,751
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
5.9.0-ls496, Oct 2026
Licence
GPL-3.0
View linuxserver/docker-swag on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "SWAG - Secure Web Application Gateway (formerly known as letsencrypt, no relation to Let's Encrypt™) sets up an Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with php support and a built-in certbot client that automates free SSL server certificate generation and renewal processes (Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL). It also contains fail2ban for intrusion prevention."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) scores 94/100, #12 of 19 in Web Servers: 48 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (5.9.0-ls496, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,751 stars add 14.3 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 5.7 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    48 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    5.9.0-ls496 released yesterday

  • Stars biggest shortfall 14.3 / 20

    3.8k 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

149 commits over the last 12 months
48
Last 90 days
149
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #12 of 19 tools in Web Servers by health , between go-doxy (#11) and Ferron (#13) .

Details

LicenceGPL-3.0
PlatformsDocker
Latest release5.9.0-ls496 · yesterday
Stars3,751
Open issues6
DockerYes
Repositorylinuxserver/docker-swag ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) (Web Servers), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Traefik 99 65k MIT today
NGINX 98 32k BSD-2-Clause yesterday
Nginx Proxy Manager 98 35k MIT 10 days ago
Pangolin 97 23k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
SafeLine 97 23k GPL-3.0 8 days ago
SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) (this tool) 94 3.8k GPL-3.0 yesterday

SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway): common questions

Is SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) still maintained?

SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) had 48 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 5.9.0-ls496, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.