Fabio vs Reproxy
Fabio
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Reproxy
reproxy.ioSide by side
| Figure | Fabio | Reproxy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Reverse Proxy Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.1 (#26) |
| Integrations | The project README says Fabio integrates with Consul, Vault, Amazon ELB, and Amazon API Gateway. | Documented service-discovery integrations include Docker and Consul Catalog; SSL DNS challenge providers include Cloudflare and AWS Route 53. |
| Purpose | Fabio is an HTTP and TCP reverse proxy that configures itself with data from Consul. | Reproxy is an HTTP(S) edge server and reverse proxy that routes requests to destination servers using configured providers. |
| Security | The README says release hashes are signed with a PGP key and describes TLS certificate verification behavior for upstream HTTPS connections. | The documentation recommends running the container as a less-privileged user when Docker discovery is not needed and warns that forwarded IP headers can be spoofed unless controlled by a trusted proxy. |
| TLS | Fabio supports dynamic certificate stores using files, HTTP servers, Consul, or Vault, and can forward HTTPS upstream requests. | Reproxy supports automatic SSL certificates through ACME/Let’s Encrypt and user-provided certificates. |
| Traffic management | Traffic shaping can send a percentage of traffic upstream without knowing the number of instances. | It supports health checks, failover, and load balancing. |
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.