Fabio vs Nuster
Fabio
github.comNuster
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| Figure | Fabio | Nuster |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Reverse Proxy Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.1 (#24) |
| Deployment | The project README lists installation from source, prebuilt binaries, Docker, and Homebrew. | The README gives Linux build instructions and a Docker image and run example for self-hosted deployment. |
| Integrations | The project README says Fabio integrates with Consul, Vault, Amazon ELB, and Amazon API Gateway. | The README describes using Nuster between an application and a database like Memcached or Redis, and says any programming language with HTTP support can use it. |
| Product | Fabio is an HTTP and TCP reverse proxy that configures its routing from Consul data. | Nuster is a high-performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy. |
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.