go-doxy vs Traefik

Both are self-hosted web servers projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

go-doxy and Traefik are closely matched on maintenance health (84 vs 87). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
go-doxyTraefik
Health score 84/100 87/100
Commits (11 mo) 887 809
Commits (last 3 mo) 179 278
Stars 4.2k 65k
Latest release 19 Sept 2026 4 Sept 2026
Licence MIT MIT
Built with Docker, Go Go, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

go-doxy

Lightweight, simple, and performant reverse proxy with WebUI, Docker integration, automatic shutdown/startup for container based on traffic.

84/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 31/40
Releases 25/25
Community 13/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 78% of tracked projects; popularity more than 63%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 160 commits 2025-11: 34 commits 2025-12: 90 commits 2026-01: 181 commits 2026-02: 111 commits 2026-03: 9 commits 2026-04: 66 commits 2026-05: 57 commits 2026-06: 28 commits 2026-07: 75 commits 2026-08: 76 commits

Traefik

HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy.

87/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 30/40
Releases 25/25
Community 20/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 76% of tracked projects; popularity more than 98%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 70 commits 2025-11: 37 commits 2025-12: 60 commits 2026-01: 86 commits 2026-02: 53 commits 2026-03: 97 commits 2026-04: 74 commits 2026-05: 54 commits 2026-06: 106 commits 2026-07: 90 commits 2026-08: 82 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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