BunkerWeb vs WorkBuddy2API Panel
BunkerWeb and WorkBuddy2API Panel are both web servers software. BunkerWeb is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 11k GitHub stars. WorkBuddy2API Panel is open source under MIT, with 4.7k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick BunkerWeb when
- You self-host web apps on Docker or Kubernetes and want a WAF with sensible security defaults instead of hand-tuning ModSecurity.
- Pick WorkBuddy2API Panel when
- Not recommended: the author stopped maintaining it in October 2026 because Tencent began blocking unofficial clients.
Side by side
A web application firewall built on nginx and ModSecurity that sits in front of your sites as a reverse proxy, with bot protection, DNS blocklists and a web admin panel.
A gateway that pools Tencent WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy accounts and exposes them as an OpenAI-compatible API, with a web panel that also automates the accounts' reward tasks.
It is AGPL-licensed and some features are in the paid PRO edition.
It breaks Tencent's terms of service, risks account bans, and is no longer maintained.
Usable
Experimental
Self-hosted server (both)
Python, nginx, ModSecurity and Lua
Go, JavaScript and Redis
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
11k GitHub stars
4.7k GitHub stars
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v1.6.17.
New: started 1 month ago, latest release v1.13.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.