Self-hosted Proxy software
A proxy is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource. This section about forward (i.e. outgoing) proxies. For reverse proxies, see the Web Server section.
10 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imgproxy | Fast and secure standalone server for resizing and converting remote images. | MIT | 11,133 | 2026-10-14 | Go, Docker, K8S | Source |
| Outline Server | A proxy server that runs a Shadowsocks instance for each access key and a REST API to manage the access keys. | Apache-2.0 | 6,254 | 2026-05-13 | Docker, Nodejs | Source |
| Tinyproxy | Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon. | GPL-2.0 | 6,026 | 2026-09-21 | C, deb | Source |
| sish | HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP tunnels to localhost using only SSH (serveo/ngrok alternative). | MIT | 4,795 | 2026-10-09 | Go, Docker | Source |
| imagor | Fast, secure image processing server and Go library built on libvips, with on-demand resizing, cropping, filtering, format conversion and image composition, signed URLs and streaming pipelines for high-concurrency throughput. | Apache-2.0 | 4,045 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| GitProxy | Proxy for Git that applies rules and workflows to all outgoing git push operations and ensures they are compliant. It supports both HTTP/HTTPS and SSH protocols with security scanning and validation. | Apache-2.0 | 258 | 2026-10-19 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| socks5-proxy-server | SOCKS5 proxy server with built-in authentication and Telegram-bot for user management and user statistics on data spent (handy when you pay per GB of data). It is dockerised and simple to install. | Apache-2.0 | 144 | 2025-11-29 | Docker | Source |
| g3proxy | Forward proxy server supporting proxy chaining, protocol inspection, MITM Interception, ICAP adaptation and transparent proxy. | Apache-2.0 | — | — | Rust, deb | Source |
| Privoxy | Non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | C, deb | Source |
| Squid | Caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | C, deb | Source |