HAProxy

High-performance load balancer

74
Warning · 74/100
Automated health estimate

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Funding
Unknown
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Many observed
Bus Factor
Medium risk
Metrics last updated: (2026-10-25)

Evidence and limitations

Activity source: haproxy/haproxy via the GitHub API. Counts describe this repository, which may be a mirror or only part of the project.

Commits in 30 days
493
Commits in 90 days
1015
Authors accounting for half the sampled commits
2

The 200-commit author sample does not cover the full 90 days. Author counts are lower bounds; concentration describes the sample only.

Few commits can reflect mature software. Commit authors do not establish merge rights, available maintainers, organizational diversity, or knowledge distribution. Funding is unknown; donation links alone do not establish income or runway.

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Overview

HAProxy is a free, very fast, and reliable reverse proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Importance

  • Powers high-traffic websites
  • Foundation for load balancing
  • Critical for application availability
  • Used by GitHub, Reddit, and more

Key Features

  • Layer 4 and 7 load balancing
  • SSL termination
  • Health checking
  • Rate limiting

Sustainability

Financial sustainability and maintainer capacity have not yet been reviewed against current primary sources. See the evidence and support sections above for available information and a way to suggest corrections.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (3)
HAProxy
web

Dependency Chain

Upstream
OpenSSL → zlib → Linux Kernel →
HAProxy

Impact Analysis

3 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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