Alternatives to haproxy
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. haproxy itself: install haproxy.
prestd
PostgreSQL ➕ REST, low-code, simplify and accelerate development, ⚡ instant, realtime, high-performance on any Postgres application, existing or new,
fbthrift
Facebook's branch of Apache Thrift, including a new C++ server
frps
A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet
traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
cliproxyapi
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, Muse Code, Davin as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to en
github-mcp-server
GitHub's official MCP Server
envoy
Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
rathole
A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok
http-server
A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server
toxiproxy
:alarm_clock: :fire: A TCP proxy to simulate network and system conditions for chaos and resiliency testing
nutcracker
A fast, light-weight proxy for memcached and redis
webhook
webhook is a lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands
proxygen
A collection of C++ HTTP libraries including an easy to use HTTP server
cpprestsdk
The C++ REST SDK is a Microsoft project for cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. This pr
SSHFS
A network filesystem client to connect to SSH servers
sidekick
Bare metal to production ready in mins; your own fly server on your VPS
ios-webkit-debug-proxy
A DevTools proxy (Chrome Remote Debugging Protocol) for iOS devices (Safari Remote Web Inspector)
lsyncd
Lsyncd (Live Syncing Daemon) synchronizes local directories with remote targets
Betwixt
:zap: Web Debugging Proxy based on Chrome DevTools Network panel
mcp-server-chart
🤖 A visualization mcp & skills contains 25+ visual charts using @antvis. Using for chart generation and data analysis
ssh-audit
SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc)
ccls
C/C++/ObjC language server supporting cross references, hierarchies, completion and semantic highlighting
codex-router
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
glider
glider is a forward proxy with multiple protocols support, and also a dns/dhcp server with ipset management features
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than haproxy — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
haproxy is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.