Traefik
HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy.
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Still maintained? Yes: 269 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.7.17 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Traefik quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 65,414
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.7.17, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Traefik (pronounced traffic) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components (Docker, Swarm mode, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, Rancher v2, Amazon ECS, ...) and configures itself automatically and dynamically. Pointing Traefik at your orchestrator should be the only configuration step you need."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Traefik scores 99/100, #2 of 19 in Web Servers: 269 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.7.17, today) earns 25.0 of 25, 65,414 stars add 19.3 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). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
269 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.7.17 released today
- Stars 19.3 / 20
65k 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
- 269
- Last 90 days
- 931
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 19 tools in Web Servers by health , between Caddy (#1) and NGINX (#3) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v3.7.17 · today |
| Stars | 65,414 |
| Open issues | 686 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | traefik/traefik ↗ |
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Traefik: common questions
Is Traefik still maintained?
Traefik had 269 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.7.17, is from today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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