Honest head-to-head comparisons. Each page covers where the alternative wins, where asd wins, and when to pick which. No strawmen.
If you're evaluating asd against something specific, these are the
pages. Each is a self-contained read — no need to know asd already.
| Page | TL;DR |
|---|---|
vs Cloudflare Tunnel |
Cloudflare gives you their edge for free; asd gives you the routing + tunnel + dev tools without a Cloudflare account. |
vs Traefik |
Traefik is huge on k8s; asd is a smaller single-host surface with tunnels and dev tools bundled. |
vs Tailscale Funnel |
Tailscale gives you a private mesh and shares one port publicly; asd gives you multiple services with full routing logic. |
These pages start with "where the alternative wins" because:
If you want the long-form pitch for asd specifically, see
why.
If you want to evaluate by running it: learn/01-hello-world
takes five minutes.