13 engineers on Hacker News describe using Traefik first-hand: 3 endorse it, 4 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I started to maintain an internal fork to add support for unique request ID headers which I maintained for two years until we migrated to HaProxy.”
regret · production · 2 yr · JanMa · 2025-09-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We used it in prod for ~18 months or so but the experience was not something we'd repeat.”
regret · production · 1.5 yr · engine_y · 2025-02-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Its awesome when it works, but when it does not I always seem to have problems troubleshooting”
mixed · personal · ap-andersson · 2024-05-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I agree with your comments about Traefik being finicky”
regret · production · timcambrant · 2024-05-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We've been using Traefik in prod for 2 years... I am sorry for that decision.”
regret · production · 2 yr · engine_y · 2024-05-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have a simple traefik + compose setup so I can easily have it all automatically routed with a subdomain and https.”
endorse · personal · penagwin · 2019-12-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Simply adding Traefik/Fabio gets you a lot of benefit as well.”
endorse · production · chucky_z · 2019-11-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We run a DC/OS+Traefik stack here and can only praise it.”
endorse · production · HyperLinear · 2017-10-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using Traefik in front of all my services.”
neutral · personal · airhangerf15 · 2026-10-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“here's my personal docker-compose stack using traefik to proxy to some personal infra”
neutral · personal · igor47 · 2023-08-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been self-hosting web apps with Docker Swarm and Traefik for a few years now”
neutral · personal · 3 yr · notpushkin · 2022-12-20 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We used to use traefik, but now we use nginx as ibgress”
neutral · production · thawkins · 2019-09-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?