firewall
The premium Open Source alternative to Cloudflare WAF
🎯 Best for:Laravel Developers
What is firewall?
A self-hosted alternative to Cloudflare WAF for Laravel applications. It implements IP-based access control and request filtering directly in the application middleware layer.
Tech Stack
PHPVPN & Network
Why firewall?
- • Easy Laravel integration
- • No external dependencies
- • Middleware level control
Limitations
- • Application layer only
- • Performance overhead on PHP
- • Limited to Laravel framework
2/26/2026
Last Update
172
Forks
41
Issues
BSD-3-Clause
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Cloudflare WAF)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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