Algernon
Algernon is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Web Servers & Reverse Proxies category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in JavaScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 3,031 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Web Servers & Reverse Proxies
- JavaScript
- BSD-3-Clause
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,031
- Forks
- 149
- Open issues
- 18
- Commits, last 12 months
- 368
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.17.12Oct 12, 2026
- Created
- Mar 10, 2015
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 368 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 368 |
| Latest release | v1.17.12 (Oct 12, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 53 |
| Open issues | 18 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 10, 2015 |
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About Algernon
Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/xyproto/algernon.
Topics
- redis
- postgresql
- quic
- mysql
- tls13
- http3
- lua
- pongo2
- algernon
- server-sent-events
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Is Algernon free and open source?
Yes. Algernon is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Algernon with Docker?
Yes. Algernon provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Algernon?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Algernon include Caddy, Traefik and Nginx Proxy Manager.
Is Algernon actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Algernon was on Oct 22, 2026 with 368 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.17.12, published Oct 12, 2026. It had 18 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.