Nginx Proxy Manager
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 7 reverse proxies by recommenders
A web-based reverse proxy that people recommend for its easy GUI setup, TLS/SSL certificate handling and wildcard certs. No caveat recurs among the quotes.
A web-based reverse proxy that people recommend for its easy GUI setup, TLS/SSL certificate handling and wildcard certs. No caveat recurs among the quotes.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy web-based GUI setup
“For an easy GUI solution for the latter, highly recommend Nginx Proxy Manager.”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “State of Homelab 2026” “tools like nginx proxy manager (web based) or others can help.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero” Handles TLS/SSL and wildcard certs
“If you set up a reverse proxy like nginx proxy manager, you can easily issue a wildcard cert”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “My Homelab Setup” “Solves both the Proxy issue as well as TLS/SSL.”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack” Works with Tailscale and networking
“Nginx Proxy Manager suffices for networking”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Rebuilding My Homelab with Compose, Ruby, IPv6, and No Kubernetes” “it works flawlessly with Tailscale”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “My Homelab Setup”
Other reverse proxies people recommend
The four most recommended other reverse proxies, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangolin | 37 | 6 | 86% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Traefik | 27 | 8 | 77% | 10 | — | Approved |
| HAProxy | 24 | 2 | 92% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Envoy Proxy | 14 | 7 | 67% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Nginx Proxy ManagerThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nginx Proxy Manager suffices for networking”
“For an easy GUI solution for the latter, highly recommend Nginx Proxy Manager.”
“Solves both the Proxy issue as well as TLS/SSL.”
“If you set up a reverse proxy like nginx proxy manager, you can easily issue a wildcard cert”
“it works flawlessly with Tailscale”
“Some people run pangolin or nginx proxy manager on a cheap vps if it suits their use case”
“tools like nginx proxy manager (web based) or others can help.”
“containerized version of Immich behind a containerized version of nginx proxy manager is probably as secure as you can get”
“Both have been extremely low setup effort and no ongoing effort.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.