# voyagermesh/voyager

🚀 Secure L7/L4 (HAProxy) Ingress Controller for Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/voyagermesh/voyager
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/voyagermesh-voyager
Homepage: https://voyagermesh.com
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, haproxy, tls, ingress, appscode, voyager
Last push: 2026-05-16T02:06:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3542, "days_push": 110, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1351, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.164991+00:00)

## What it is
Voyager is a secure L7 and L4 ingress controller for Kubernetes built on top of HAProxy, developed by AppsCode. It provides load balancing, TLS certificate management via Let's Encrypt/cert-manager, and works across all major cloud providers and bare metal clusters.

## Use cases
- expose kubernetes services over http and tcp with load balancing
- terminate tls and auto-renew let's encrypt certificates in kubernetes
- run an ingress controller on bare metal kubernetes clusters
- configure sticky sessions and path-based routing for microservices
- manage wildcard ssl certificates for kubernetes ingresses
- load balance tcp traffic (l4) in a kubernetes cluster

## When to choose
- you need an HAProxy-backed ingress controller with full HAProxy option coverage
- you want integrated automatic TLS certificate provisioning and renewal
- you need both L7 HTTP and L4 TCP load balancing from one controller
- you run Kubernetes on bare metal or any cloud provider

## When to avoid
- you prefer the de facto standard nginx ingress controller with broader community support
- you need an Envoy-based ingress with advanced traffic management
- you don't run Kubernetes and just need a standalone load balancer
- you want a fully managed cloud load balancer without operating a controller

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: api-gateway, proxy, security, monitoring, deployment
- domain: networking, cloud-computing, microservices, self-hosted
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: ingress-controller, haproxy, l7-load-balancing, l4-load-balancing, tls-termination, lets-encrypt, cert-manager, sticky-sessions, virtual-hosting, appscode, kubernetes, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- voyagermesh/voyager (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.164991+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:14.316472+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/voyagermesh/voyager (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.164991+00:00, sha 0b1a5563c2a1)
  - homepage: https://voyagermesh.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:59.279982+00:00, sha d606e2a23ad8)
  - site_page: https://voyagermesh.com/docs/v2026.3.23/setup (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:59.294094+00:00, sha 9627d2f97e4e)
  - site_page: https://voyagermesh.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:59.289380+00:00, sha b3d7360454eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.