The Future of Kubernetes Load Balancing

Jetpath is a next-generation kernel-level load balancer built to replace NGINX Ingress Controller. Get significantly better latency, built-in DDoS protection, and enterprise-grade L7 routing.

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Why Jetpath?

NGINX Ingress Controller is retiring in March 2026. Jetpath is the modern, high-performance replacement.

Kernel-Level Performance

Process packets directly in the kernel and network card (if supported) for ultra low latency and resource consumption.

DDoS Protection

SYN flood protection, rate limiting, and IP blocking at line rate.

L7 HTTP Routing

Host and path-based routing for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 with TLS SNI support.

Session Persistence

Source IP and cookie-based session affinity for stateful applications.

Multiple LB Algorithms

Round robin, weighted, least connection, and source persistence.

Kubernetes Native

Helm charts for easy deployment in Kubernetes clusters.

Performance Comparison

See how Jetpath compares to traditional L7 load balancers under high load.

L7 Request Latency (P99) at 85K RPS - Lower is Better

Jetpath

~0.45ms

Envoy

~3ms

NGINX

~8ms

AWS ALB

~20ms

HAProxy

~400ms

* Sources: Jetpath full HTTP request latency ~450µs, with host routing adding <10µs, per EdgeNEXUS published benchmarks. Envoy P50 latency from Istio Performance Best Practices. AWS ALB typical latency from AWS documentation. NGINX and HAProxy from F5/NGINX benchmark at 85K RPS.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Jetpath	NGINX Ingress	HAProxy
Kernel Processing	✓	✗	✗
Built-in DDoS Protection	✓	✗	✗
SYN Flood Mitigation	✓	✗	✗
L4 Load Balancing	✓	✓	✓
L7 HTTP/1.x, 2 & 3 Routing	✓	✓	✓
TLS SNI Routing	✓	✓	✓
Session Persistence	✓	✓	✓
Cookie Persistence	✓	✓	✓
Weighted Load Balancing	✓	✓	✓
Helm Charts	✓	✓	✓
Active Development	✓	Retiring 2026	✓

Quick Start

Get Jetpath running in minutes with Docker or Kubernetes.

Docker

docker pull edgenexus/jetpath:latest
docker run -d --privileged \
  --network host \
  edgenexus/jetpath:latest

Kubernetes (Helm)

helm repo add jetpath \
  https://edgenexus.github.io/Jetpath_Public
helm install jetpath jetpath/jetpath \
  --namespace jetpath-system \
  --create-namespace