Traefik Labs

Traefik Labs is the company behind Traefik, an open-source application proxy used for API gateway and API management in cloud-native environments. It serves DevOps and platform engineering teams at enterprises including NASA, Siemens, eBay, and Expedia.

Company

Traefik Labs is a French company headquartered in Lyon, founded in 2014 by Emile Vauge. The company builds and commercializes Traefik, an open-source cloud-native application proxy and API gateway.

Product portfolio

Traefik Proxy (Apache 2.0, ~50K GitHub stars) — dynamic reverse proxy / load balancer that auto-discovers services from Docker, Kubernetes, Consul, Nomad, and file providers. Zero-config TLS via Let's Encrypt.
Traefik Enterprise — commercial distribution adding distributed tracing, HA clustering, OpenID Connect, LDAP, and dedicated support.
Traefik Hub — API gateway and API management SaaS built on Traefik Proxy. Aimed at Kubernetes-native teams wanting gateway + API portal without the weight of Kong / Apigee.
Traefik Mesh — formerly Maesh, a simple service mesh implementation.

Positioning

Traefik's differentiator versus NGINX, HAProxy, and Envoy is auto-service-discovery and zero-touch TLS. Versus Kong, it's simpler and more Kubernetes-native but offers fewer API-management features.

Customers

Publicly referenced production users include NASA, eBay, Expedia, Siemens, Condé Nast, and numerous cloud providers.

Funding

Series B in 2021 (Balderton Capital). Remains French-led and European-headquartered.

French company behind the Traefik open-source application proxy