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SafeLine is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Web Servers & Reverse Proxies category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 22,969 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/chaitin/SafeLine

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
22,969
Forks
1,574
Open issues
52
Commits, last 12 months
45
Last commit
Oct 22, 2026
Latest release
v9.4.3Oct 21, 2026
Created
Apr 12, 2023
License
GPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 45 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 22, 2026
Commits, last 12 months45
Latest releasev9.4.3 (Oct 21, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time126
Open issues52
Open pull requests0
Good first issues0
Contributing guideNo
Security policyNo
CreatedApr 12, 2023

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About SafeLine

Web application firewall / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/chaitin/SafeLine.

Topics

  • firewall
  • http-flood
  • security
  • sql-injection
  • waf
  • web-application-firewall
  • web-security
  • xss
  • captcha
  • api-gateway

Repository preview

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FAQ

SafeLine FAQ

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Is SafeLine free and open source?

Yes. SafeLine is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 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 SafeLine with Docker?

Yes. SafeLine 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 SafeLine?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to SafeLine include Caddy, Traefik and Nginx Proxy Manager.

Is SafeLine actively maintained?

The most recent commit to SafeLine was on Oct 22, 2026 with 45 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v9.4.3, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 52 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.