diff --git a/proxy/middlewear/proxy/factory.go b/proxy/middlewear/proxy/factory.go
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"github.com/luraproject/lura/v2/config"
+	"github.com/luraproject/lura/v2/logging"
+	"github.com/luraproject/lura/v2/sd"
+)
+
+// Factory creates proxies based on the received endpoint configuration.
+//
+// Both, factories and backend factories, create proxies but factories are designed as a stack makers
+// because they are intended to generate the complete proxy stack for a given frontend endpoint
+// the app would expose and they could wrap several proxies provided by a backend factory
+type Factory interface {
+	New(cfg *config.EndpointConfig) (Proxy, error)
+}
+
+// FactoryFunc type is an adapter to allow the use of ordinary functions as proxy factories.
+// If f is a function with the appropriate signature, FactoryFunc(f) is a Factory that calls f.
+type FactoryFunc func(*config.EndpointConfig) (Proxy, error)
+
+// New implements the Factory interface
+func (f FactoryFunc) New(cfg *config.EndpointConfig) (Proxy, error) { return f(cfg) }
+
+// DefaultFactory returns a default http proxy factory with the injected logger
+func DefaultFactory(logger logging.Logger) Factory {
+	return NewDefaultFactory(httpProxy, logger)
+}
+
+// DefaultFactoryWithSubscriber returns a default proxy factory with the injected logger and subscriber factory
+func DefaultFactoryWithSubscriber(logger logging.Logger, sF sd.SubscriberFactory) Factory {
+	return NewDefaultFactoryWithSubscriber(httpProxy, logger, sF)
+}
+
+// NewDefaultFactory returns a default proxy factory with the injected proxy builder and logger
+func NewDefaultFactory(backendFactory BackendFactory, logger logging.Logger) Factory {
+	sf := func(remote *config.Backend) sd.Subscriber {
+		return sd.GetRegister().Get(remote.SD)(remote)
+	}
+	return NewDefaultFactoryWithSubscriber(backendFactory, logger, sf)
+}
+
+// NewDefaultFactoryWithSubscriber returns a default proxy factory with the injected proxy builder,
+// logger and subscriber factory
+func NewDefaultFactoryWithSubscriber(backendFactory BackendFactory, logger logging.Logger, sF sd.SubscriberFactory) Factory {
+	return defaultFactory{backendFactory, logger, sF}
+}
+
+type defaultFactory struct {
+	backendFactory    BackendFactory
+	logger            logging.Logger
+	subscriberFactory sd.SubscriberFactory
+}
+
+// New implements the Factory interface
+func (pf defaultFactory) New(cfg *config.EndpointConfig) (p Proxy, err error) {
+	switch len(cfg.Backend) {
+	case 0:
+		err = ErrNoBackends
+	case 1:
+		p, err = pf.newSingle(cfg)
+	default:
+		p, err = pf.newMulti(cfg)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	p = NewPluginMiddleware(pf.logger, cfg)(p)
+	p = NewStaticMiddleware(pf.logger, cfg)(p)
+	return
+}
+
+func (pf defaultFactory) newMulti(cfg *config.EndpointConfig) (p Proxy, err error) {
+	backendProxy := make([]Proxy, len(cfg.Backend))
+	for i, backend := range cfg.Backend {
+		backendProxy[i] = pf.newStack(backend)
+	}
+	p = NewMergeDataMiddleware(pf.logger, cfg)(backendProxy...)
+	p = NewFlatmapMiddleware(pf.logger, cfg)(p)
+	return
+}
+
+func (pf defaultFactory) newSingle(cfg *config.EndpointConfig) (Proxy, error) {
+	return pf.newStack(cfg.Backend[0]), nil
+}
+
+func (pf defaultFactory) newStack(backend *config.Backend) (p Proxy) {
+	p = pf.backendFactory(backend)
+	p = NewBackendPluginMiddleware(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	p = NewGraphQLMiddleware(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	p = NewFilterHeadersMiddleware(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	p = NewLoadBalancedMiddlewareWithSubscriberAndLogger(pf.logger, pf.subscriberFactory(backend))(p)
+	if backend.ConcurrentCalls > 1 {
+		p = NewConcurrentMiddlewareWithLogger(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	}
+	p = NewRequestBuilderMiddlewareWithLogger(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	// we need to filter the input query strings before the request is constructed
+	// so the query strings are properly added to the URL:
+	p = NewFilterQueryStringsMiddleware(pf.logger, backend)(p)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/proxy/middlewear/proxy/registry.go b/proxy/middlewear/proxy/registry.go
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+++ b/proxy/middlewear/proxy/registry.go
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+package middleware
+
+import "github.com/luraproject/lura/proxy"
+
+// ProxyMiddleware wraps a proxy function
+type ProxyMiddleware func(proxy.Proxy) proxy.Proxy
+
+var registry = map[string]ProxyMiddleware{}
+
+// Register allows custom middlewares to be added
+func Register(name string, mw ProxyMiddleware) {
+    registry[name] = mw
+}
+
+// Get retrieves a middleware by name
+func Get(name string) (ProxyMiddleware, bool) {
+    mw, ok := registry[name]
+    return mw, ok
+}
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