trickstercache/trickster
Open Source HTTP Reverse Proxy Cache and Time Series Dashboard Accelerator observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10
- age_days: 3079
- days_rel: 33
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
2088 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Trickster is an open-source HTTP reverse proxy cache written in Go that also acts as a query accelerator for time series databases like Prometheus, InfluxDB, and ClickHouse. It is a CNCF sandbox project offering features such as an application load balancer, delta proxy caching, byte-range caching, collapsed forwarding, and rules-based request routing.
Use cases
- speed up grafana dashboard queries against prometheus
- cache http api responses behind a reverse proxy
- accelerate time series database queries for dashboards
- load balance requests across multiple time series backends
- cache byte range requests for large files
- reduce redundant queries from multiple dashboard users
- add negative caching to prevent cascading outages
- route and rewrite http requests with a rules engine
When to choose
- you serve time series dashboards (grafana, prometheus, influxdb, clickhouse) and want faster chart rendering
- you need an http reverse proxy with pluggable cache backends like redis, filesystem, or in-memory
- you want collapsed forwarding to deduplicate concurrent identical requests
- you need an application load balancer with time-series-aware request splitting
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose web server or full CDN with edge distribution
- your stack has no time series or cacheable HTTP workloads
- you need a proxy for non-HTTP protocols
- you want a fully managed cloud caching service without self-hosted infrastructure
Facets
service · maturity active
caching proxy http-server monitoring tracing load-testing monitoring databases web-development analytics windows go self-hosted cross-platform reverse-proxy time-series-databases prometheus influxdb clickhouse dashboard-acceleration delta-proxy-cache collapsed-forwarding byte-range-caching application-load-balancer cncf-sandbox devops linux macos docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/trickstercache/trickster · fetched 2026-08-28 · b42d40470b16
- homepage: https://trickstercache.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cd015563804
- site_page: https://trickstercache.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 430cc02e5670
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| trickstercache/trickster | main | 98 |
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