Documentation

Explore how to use Trickster to accelerate your projects. If you’re new to Trickster, check out Where to Place Trickster and the Quickstart.


Quickstart

Try Trickster with Docker Compose and minimal setup.

Getting Started

How to get up and running with Trickster.

Backends

Configuring the upstream origins that Trickster accelerates.

Caching

Cache data stores and behaviors common to all of Trickster’s caching modes.

Object Caching

Accelerating generic HTTP objects with Trickster’s Reverse Proxy Cache.

Time Series Caching

Accelerating time series databases with Trickster’s Delta Proxy Cache.

Routing & Load Balancing

Directing requests across multiple backends with the ALB, autodiscovery and Rule engine.

Request Handling

Customizing how Trickster processes HTTP requests and responses.

Observability

Metrics, logs, distributed tracing, and debugging Trickster’s behavior.

Last modified August 25, 2026: update docs site for Trickster 2.0 (af766d4)