LoxiLB is a cloud-native load balancer built around Go and eBPF.
It is designed for Kubernetes, edge, telco, IoT, and hybrid-cloud deployments, offering high-performance Layer 4 load balancing together with Kubernetes service integration.
The software can be deployed in-cluster or externally, and it also works as a standalone load balancer. It supports Kubernetes LoadBalancer services, Ingress, Gateway API, kube-proxy replacement, egress, network policies, and telco-oriented protocols.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- eBPF-based data path for high-performance packet processing.
- Cloud-native load balancing for Kubernetes and standalone environments.
- Supports TCP, UDP, SCTP, QUIC, FTP, TFTP, and other protocols.
- NAT44, NAT66, NAT64, One-ARM, FullNAT, and DSR support.
- Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API support.
- Can act as a kube-proxy replacement.
- High availability with BFD detection and clustering support.
- Endpoint liveness probes for cloud-native environments.
- Stateful firewalling, IPsec, and WireGuard support.
- Integrated goBGP-based routing stack.
Website: github.com/loxilb-io/loxilb
Support:
Developer: loxilb-io
License: Apache License 2.0
LoxiLB is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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