Nftlb stands for nftables load balancer, the next generation linux firewall that replaces iptables, is adapted to behave as a complete load balancer and traffic distributor.

nftlb is provided with a JSON API, so you can use your preferred health checker to enable/disable backends or virtual services and automate processed with it.

The nftables framework used for load balancing can outperform typical LVS deployments by 10x.