N42 Gateway

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N42 Gateway is ranked #12 of 27 in Kubernetes ingress controllers on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted.

Compared on Kubernetes ingress controllers

Ingress API model: both
TLS automation: Yes
Canary routing: Yes
Rate limiting: Yes
Web application firewall: Yes
Auth policies: Yes
Deployment model: self-hosted

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The record

Purpose: N42 Gateway is a Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API controller that configures HAProxy to route external requests to applications inside the cluster.
Dynamic updates: It reads routing configuration from Kubernetes resources and applies cluster updates to HAProxy on the fly.
Load balancer: The project describes N42 Gateway as built on the HAProxy load balancer.
Configuration: The maker says N42 Gateway has more than 200 configuration options for Ingress and Gateway API resources.
Configuration sources: Configuration can be set globally through ConfigMaps, per IngressClass through a linked ConfigMap, per Ingress, and per backend through Service annotations.
Scale: The documentation says there is no hard limit to the number of Ingresses or Services and reports clusters with tens of thousands working smoothly and fast.
TLS and certificates: Configuration options include TLS settings, client certificate authentication, secure TLS connections to backends, and ACME certificate management.
Installation: The maker documents installation with Helm into a running Kubernetes cluster and requires cluster administrative privileges for installation.
Platform and prerequisites: The documented v0.16 release requires Kubernetes 1.21 or newer and the maker lists Minikube, kind, k3s, k3d, and Colima as supported local Kubernetes environments.
Support: Users can ask questions in the #n42-gateway Kubernetes Slack channel and GitHub Discussions.
License: The GitHub repository identifies the project as licensed under Apache-2.0.
Use case: The maker presents N42 Gateway for exposing services running in Kubernetes clusters to external networks.
Live updates: Changes made to Kubernetes routing configuration are applied to HAProxy on the fly.
HAProxy: The project describes itself as powered by the HAProxy load balancer.

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers in 2026#12 of 27

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Sources

github.com/n42-gateway/n42-gateway· checked 4 Oct 2026
n42-gateway.github.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
n42-gateway.github.io/docs/configuration/keys/· checked 4 Oct 2026
n42-gateway.github.io/docs/getting-started/· checked 4 Oct 2026