Fabio vs Nginx Proxy Manager
Fabio
github.com
Nginx Proxy Manager
nginxproxymanager.comSide by side
| Figure | Fabio | Nginx Proxy Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Reverse Proxy Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.1 (#23) |
| Integrations | The project README says Fabio integrates with Consul, Vault, Amazon ELB, and Amazon API Gateway. | The project lists Home Assistant, UnRaid/Synology, Proxmox scripts, and other community integrations, and says integrations are unsupported unless their documentation specifically says otherwise. |
| Purpose | Fabio is an HTTP and TCP reverse proxy that configures itself with data from Consul. | Nginx Proxy Manager is a Docker image for managing proxy hosts and forwarding web services running at home or elsewhere. |
Plans
In their own words
Fabio
Fabio is a self-hosted HTTP and TCP reverse proxy that builds its routing from Consul service data. Services can announce accepted paths with tags such as `urlprefix-/user`; Fabio then refreshes its routing table when Consul changes, without restarting or reloading. Its main role is distributing incoming HTTP(S) and TCP traffic from the internet to frontend services. It is not intended for frontend-to-backend or backend-to-backend routing, where Consul service discovery is used instead. Fabio provides route-specific access control, authorization, customizable logs, redirects, compression, header injection, path changes, WebSockets, server-sent events, and transparent gRPC proxying. It supports TLS termination, dynamic certificate stores, HTTPS upstreams, raw TCP, TCP-SNI forwarding, and traffic shaping by percentage. A web UI shows the active routes, with metrics integrations. Fabio is free, open-source software for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and requires Consul for service discovery.
Nginx Proxy Manager
Nginx Proxy Manager has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.