I Built an Open-Source Reverse Proxy with Waf Features (netgoat)
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Developer shares their open-source reverse proxy with WAF features called NetGoat.
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It’s still early, and nothing works but im planning to have: Reverse proxy with domain-based routing Basic request inspection + blocking (lightweight WAF) Built to be self-hosted Uses Bun/Node under the hood Simple to extend, with an eye toward being developer-friendly Repo: https://github.com/cloudable-dev/netgoat
Happy to answer questions, share internals, or hear your pain