L4/L7 · WAF · HA CLUSTERING · REST API

SKUDONET Community Edition:
Open Source ADC Platform with Built-In WAF

SKUDONET Community Edition combines L4/L7 load balancing, WAF, HA clustering and REST API automation in a single Linux-based platform — free to download and built for infrastructure teams.

OPEN SOURCE ADC WITH INTEGRATED WAF

A Complete Open Source ADC for Technical Teams

SKUDONET Community Edition is a free, robust, open-source ADC platform solution based on a solid Linux foundation and featuring a built-in WAF. Designed for scalability and performance optimization, it ensures efficient traffic distribution between servers while maintaining high availability.

integrated Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Built-In WAF Protection

With integrated Web Application Firewall (WAF), keep your applications safe from common attacks such as SQL injections and DDoS attacks.

load balancing
L4/L7 Load Balancing

Granular control over traffic distribution based on server capabilities and performance metrics.

Traffic Monitoring

Real-time health checks and performance monitoring for proactive network management.

Open source
Linux-Based Open Source

Built on Linux for transparency, security and customization.

Web-Based GUI

Intuitive management and configuration interface for ease of use and streamlined operations.

COMMUNITY EDITION CAPABILITIES

What’s Included in SKUDONET Community Edition

A technical overview of the free and open-source ADC capabilities included in SKUDONET Community Edition.

Load Balancing

  • Layer 4 TCP/UDP load balancing
  • Layer 7 HTTP/HTTPS reverse proxy
  • Backend health checks
  • Multiple load balancing algorithms
  • Traffic distribution across backend servers

Security

  • Built-in Web Application Firewall
  • IPDS capabilities
  • HTTP traffic inspection
  • Protection against web-based attacks
  • Security policy management

High Availability

  • High availability clustering
  • Failover support
  • Service continuity
  • Backend state monitoring
  • Infrastructure resilience

Management & Automation

  • Web-based GUI
  • REST API automation
  • Certificate management
  • Service configuration
  • Traffic policy management

Monitoring & Visibility

  • Traffic statistics
  • Backend health status
  • Service monitoring
  • System logs
  • Connection visibility

Platform

  • Linux-based appliance
  • Open-source foundation
  • IPv4/IPv6 support
  • Flexible deployment options
  • Community documentation and forum

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Start With a Free Open Source ADC Platform

Download SKUDONET Community Edition, a free and open-source ADC platform designed for technical teams managing business applications, services and websites. Optimize application performance through an intuitive web interface and use the built-in Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help protect your systems from web-based attacks.

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COMMUNITY TO ENTERPRISE

Planning to Use SKUDONET in Production?

SKUDONET Community Edition is ideal for testing, development, open-source projects and smaller deployments. For production environments with critical uptime, security or support requirements, Enterprise Edition adds the capabilities you may need.

Stateful clustering and high availability for production workloads.

Advanced WAF, DDoS protection and real-time blocklists for stronger application security.

Direct support from SKUDONET engineers when business continuity matters.

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COMMUNITY Edition RESOURCES

All the Resources That You Need for Your Free Open-Source Load Balancer

Administration Guide

Find full articles from the Knowledge Base, which provides guidance, training and vital information for SKUDONET Community Edition users.

Community Support

Join our interactive forum where users collaborate to resolve technical queries and share insights within the SKUDONET Community.

Trusted by Engineers Worldwide

Trusted by thousands of IT professionals worldwide for load balancing, high availability and application security

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Community Downloads
since 2023

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Countries
around the world

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Community Rating based on user reviews

Recognized by the Open Source Community
COMMUNITY USER REVIEWS

What Users Say About SKUDONET Community Edition

“We are currently using SKUDONET Community Edition as the load balancer for multiple services. Installation and configuration were straightforward, and the support team has always been professional, responsive and helpful”

— Felix Pablo Grande Ramos
IT Systems Department, BATZ Group

“Smooth integration with existing infrastructure, intuitive interface for quick deployment, reliable performance even under heavy loads”

— nam32
Verified Community Review

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Community Edition

Source Code

A versatile and installable ADC system designed for diverse vendor hardware.

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Installable ISO 

Load Balancing as a Service alongside an ADC orchestration toolkit.

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