About Traefik
Traefik is a cloud native reverse proxy and gateway from Traefik Labs. It routes traffic to services running on containers, virtual machines and other workloads.
What it does
Traefik sits in front of your services and sends each request to the right backend. It reads its configuration from your infrastructure, so routes update as services start and stop. The product family covers API gateways, AI gateways for model and MCP traffic, and a hardened distribution for teams that need stricter builds. Migration guides help teams move from other ingress setups.
Key features
- Routes traffic to services automatically
- Configuration from your infrastructure
- API gateway for REST, gRPC and WebSocket
- Policies and authentication at the edge
- Migration support for older ingress setups
Who it's for
Platform and DevOps teams that run containers or Kubernetes and need a proxy that follows changes in their infrastructure. Teams moving workloads off older ingress or virtual machine platforms may also use it.
Pricing and good to know
The open source project is licensed under MIT and is free to use. Traefik Labs also sells enterprise products and a hardened image, and the site lists a free way to get started. Review your routing and security rules before you go live, because a proxy controls how traffic reaches every service behind it.
Highlights
- Routes traffic to services automatically
- Reads configuration from your infrastructure
- API gateway for REST, gRPC and WebSocket
- Policies and authentication at the edge
- Migration support for older ingress setups
