Open-source networking software
2154 open-source libraries, tools and applications tagged networking, ranked by how closely networking is their primary purpose, then by adoption and maintenance health. Each entry links to a page with sources, use cases and when to choose or avoid it.
2154 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mob2003/rakshasa Rakshasa is a cross-platform multi-level proxy and intranet tunneling tool written in Go. It forms a network of nodes that forward TCP traf… | 21 | 1056 | maintenance |
| Abacus-Group-RTO/legion Legion is an open-source, semi-automated network penetration testing framework with a graphical interface, forked from Sparta. It orchestra… | 10 | 1054 | maintenance |
| OffensivePython/Saddam Saddam is a Python command-line tool that performs DDoS amplification attacks using DNS, NTP, SNMP, and SSDP reflection vectors. It can als… | 32 | 1048 | maintenance |
| shimmeris/SCFProxy SCFProxy is a CLI tool that deploys HTTP, SOCKS, and reverse proxies on cloud functions and API gateways across Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Clou… | 23 | 1047 | maintenance |
| luantak/ToRat ToRat is a cross-platform remote administration tool written in Go that uses the Tor network as its transport mechanism and RPC for communi… | 10 | 1038 | maintenance |
| falling-sky/source Falling Sky is the source code for the test-ipv6.com website, a browser-based IPv6 connectivity testing service built mostly with HTML and … | 67 | 1036 | maintenance |
| marco-lancini/goscan GoScan is an interactive network scanner client written in Go that provides abstraction and automation over nmap, with auto-completion and … | 23 | 1036 | maintenance |
| socketio/socket.io-p2p A JavaScript library that sets up WebRTC peer-to-peer connections between browsers using the Socket.IO event protocol, with Socket.IO handl… | 32 | 1035 | maintenance |
| WithSecureLabs/doublepulsar-detection-script A Python 2 script that sweeps networks to detect Windows systems compromised with the DOUBLEPULSAR implant (SMB and RDP variants) released … | 32 | 1030 | maintenance |
| xdtianyu/scripts A personal collection of shell scripts for various work and sysadmin tasks by xdtianyu, including things like dynamic DNS updates, SSL cert… | 32 | 1022 | maintenance |
| maaaaz/impacket-examples-windows A repository of pre-compiled Windows binaries of the Impacket example scripts, a collection of network protocol tools for security testing.… | 23 | 1019 | maintenance |
| thirtythreeforty/neolink Neolink is a Rust application that acts as an RTSP bridge for Reolink IP cameras that only speak the proprietary Baichuan protocol on port … | 23 | 1016 | maintenance |
| zhovner/OneFileLinux A minimal live Linux distribution packed into a single ~20MB EFI executable that boots directly from any UEFI computer's firmware without i… | 23 | 1015 | maintenance |
| RangeNetworks/openbts OpenBTS is an open-source C++ implementation of a GSM and GPRS radio access network node that uses software-defined radios to create a cell… | 32 | 1012 | maintenance |
| spacejam/rio rio is a pure Rust library providing safe, misuse-resistant bindings for Linux's io_uring asynchronous I/O interface, built directly on lib… | 32 | 1009 | maintenance |
| wqaetly/NKGMobaBasedOnET A MOBA game project inspired by League of Legends, built on the ET framework in Unity and C#. It provides a complete state frame synchroniz… | 32 | 1009 | maintenance |
| pboehm/ddns A self-hosted Dynamic DNS service similar to DynDNS or NO-IP, built in Go on top of the PowerDNS Remote Backend. It exposes a small web ser… | 32 | 1005 | maintenance |
| Cool-Coding/remote-desktop-control An open-source remote desktop control application built with Spring, Netty, and Swing in Java. It uses a three-party architecture where a r… | 23 | 1004 | maintenance |
| TheCaduceus/WARP-UNLIMITED-ADVANCED A Python script that repeatedly calls Cloudflare's official WARP API to generate unlimited WARP+ data quota for a given WARP client ID. It … | 23 | 995 | maintenance |
| valence-rs/valence Valence is a Rust framework for building custom Minecraft: Java Edition servers from scratch, built on Bevy ECS. It acts as a game engine f… | 58 | 3277 | experimental |
| freenet/freenet-core Freenet is a fully decentralized peer-to-peer network implemented in Rust that acts as a global shared computer and distributed key-value s… | 96 | 3109 | experimental |
| kognise/arpchat A Rust-based chat application that sends text messages between computers on the same local network using ARP packets instead of standard ne… | 23 | 2544 | experimental |
| ferrumc-rs/ferrumc FerrumC is a Minecraft 1.21.8 server implementation written from scratch in Rust, using async concurrency for high performance and memory e… | 78 | 2431 | experimental |
| openairplay/airplay2-receiver A Python implementation of an AirPlay 2 receiver that can accept audio streams from Apple devices and other AirPlay senders. It supports Ho… | 69 | 2421 | experimental |
| vanilla-wiiu/vanilla Vanilla is a software clone of the Wii U Gamepad that lets compatible devices act as a wireless second screen and controller for a Wii U co… | 78 | 2335 | experimental |
| earendil-works/gondolin Gondolin is a TypeScript library and CLI that runs untrusted AI-agent code inside fast local Linux micro-VMs (QEMU by default, optional lib… | 82 | 2281 | experimental |
| Jigsaw-Code/Intra Intra is an experimental Android app from Jigsaw (Google) that routes DNS lookups over DNS-over-HTTPS to encrypt them and prevent network-l… | 75 | 2221 | experimental |
| OpenWrt Domain Routing Suite Podkop is an open-source traffic routing tool for OpenWrt routers, built on sing-box, that lets users send selected resources through a tun… | 85 | 2189 | experimental |
| saljam/webwormhole WebWormhole is a tool that creates ephemeral, peer-authenticated WebRTC pipes between computers for sending files or data, secured with a P… | 55 | 2090 | experimental |
| hensm/fx_cast fx_cast is a Firefox WebExtension that implements the Chromecast (Google Cast) Web Sender API, exposing cast support to web apps and HTML5 … | 52 | 2054 | experimental |
| teamspeak/teamspeak6-server The official TeamSpeak 6 Server beta, a self-hosted voice communication server for gaming, business, and community use. It offers low-laten… | 80 | 1887 | experimental |
| GFW-knocker/gfw_resist_tls_proxy A set of Python proof-of-concept scripts (notably pyprox and randchunk) that fragment TLS Client Hello packets to evade SNI-based deep pack… | 30 | 1710 | experimental |
| kaansenol5/VibeOS VibeOS is a hobby operating system written from scratch in C for ARM64 (aarch64), built collaboratively with Claude Code over 64 sessions. … | 42 | 1537 | experimental |
| benjojo/dnsfs dnsfs is a Go-based FUSE filesystem that stores data in the caches of third-party DNS resolvers, using DNS records as a storage medium. It … | 32 | 1473 | experimental |
| buckyos/CYFS CYFS (CYberFileSystem) is a Rust-implemented protocol stack that upgrades the Web's basic protocols (TCP/IP+DNS+HTTP) to enable fully decen… | 23 | 1442 | experimental |
| microsoft/demikernel Demikernel is a library operating system (LibOS) architecture from Microsoft Research for kernel-bypass I/O devices like DPDK and RDMA. It … | 61 | 1239 | experimental |
| ariel-os/ariel-os Ariel OS is a library operating system for secure, memory-safe, low-power IoT devices, written in Rust and targeting 32-bit microcontroller… | 76 | 1228 | experimental |
| kettle11/tangle Tangle is a TypeScript library that wraps WebAssembly modules to make building multiplayer apps and games easy, handling message passing, s… | 32 | 1207 | experimental |
| hanselime/paqet paqet is a raw-packet proxy written in Go that tunnels traffic inside hand-crafted TCP packets, bypassing the host's TCP/IP stack using pca… | 80 | 1191 | experimental |
| robert/PySkyWiFi PySkyWiFi is a humorous Python proof-of-concept that tunnels internet requests through the free-to-edit 'name' field of an airline airmiles… | 25 | 1185 | experimental |
| tailscale/tailscale-rs A work-in-progress Rust implementation of Tailscale, providing a library for building tailnet-connected applications with bindings to C, El… | 80 | 1173 | experimental |
| kisence-mian/UnityLockStepDemo A Unity-based lockstep frame synchronization demo built with an ECS architecture, sharing game logic code between client and C# server. It … | 32 | 1153 | experimental |
| moturus/motor-os Motor OS is a microkernel-based operating system written entirely in Rust, designed for virtualized cloud workloads such as web serving, se… | 72 | 1098 | experimental |
| curl Docker images curl is a cross‑platform command‑line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax. It supports a wide range of protocols such as… | 91 | 109 | active |
| SwitchyOmega SwitchyOmega is a browser extension for Chromium and Firefox that lets users manage and quickly switch between multiple proxy profiles, inc… | 23 | 22603 | abandoned |
| Qv2ray Qv2ray is a cross-platform V2Ray GUI client built with C++ and Qt, supporting VMess, VLESS, SSR, Trojan, NaiveProxy, HTTP/SOCKS5 via an ext… | 41 | 16900 | abandoned |
| MatsuriDayo/nekoray NekoBox for PC (nekoray) is a Qt-based cross-platform GUI proxy configuration manager backed by sing-box, supporting protocols like SOCKS, … | 10 | 15290 | abandoned |
| solana-labs/solana Solana is a high-performance, web-scale blockchain implemented in Rust, designed for fast, secure, scalable decentralized apps and marketpl… | 10 | 14945 | abandoned |
| apenwarr/sshuttle sshuttle is a Python command-line tool that creates a transparent proxy over SSH, acting like a lightweight VPN without admin rights on the… | 32 | 8853 | abandoned |
| Shadowsocks-Qt5 Shadowsocks-Qt5 is a native cross-platform GUI client for the Shadowsocks proxy protocol, written in C++ with Qt 5. It supports multiple se… | 10 | 7917 | abandoned |
| twitter-archive/snowflake Snowflake is Twitter's network service for generating unique 64-bit IDs at high scale with ordering guarantees. The original 2010 release i… | 10 | 7759 | abandoned |
| shadowsocks/shadowsocks-go A Go port of the Shadowsocks lightweight encrypted tunnel proxy, providing local SOCKS5 client and remote server binaries to bypass firewal… | 10 | 6545 | abandoned |
| Eddystone The Physical Web is an open approach to letting smart physical objects (beacons, posters, vending machines) broadcast URLs over Bluetooth L… | 10 | 5960 | abandoned |
| Zcash The original zcashd full node implementation for Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency derived from Bitcoin Core that uses zero-knowledge… | 10 | 5490 | abandoned |
| Mbed OS Arm Mbed OS is an open-source embedded operating system for IoT devices built on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers, providing an RTOS, security… | 23 | 4874 | abandoned |
| ToyoDAdoubi/doubi A collection of one-click Bash installation and management scripts for Linux servers, primarily for proxy tools like Shadowsocks/Shadowsock… | 32 | 4685 | abandoned |
| oblique/create_ap A shell script that turns a Linux machine's WiFi adapter into a NATed or bridged wireless access point using hostapd. It supports WPA/WPA2 … | 10 | 4512 | abandoned |
| shadowsocksr-backup/shadowsocksr-csharp ShadowsocksR is a Windows proxy client written in C# that tunnels traffic through ShadowsocksR servers via a local SOCKS5/HTTP proxy with s… | 23 | 4484 | abandoned |
| facebookarchive/augmented-traffic-control Augmented Traffic Control (ATC) is a tool for simulating network conditions such as bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and packet reordering,… | 10 | 4314 | abandoned |
| jpetazzo/pipework Pipework is a shell-based Software-Defined Networking tool for connecting Linux containers (LXC and Docker) into arbitrary network topologi… | 32 | 4250 | abandoned |
| iMeiji/shadowsocks_install A shell script that automatically installs and configures a Shadowsocks proxy server on Linux VPS instances, forked from Teddysun's well-kn… | 23 | 4168 | abandoned |
| AmbientRun/Ambient Ambient is an open-source cross-platform runtime and multiplayer game engine built with Rust, WebAssembly, and WebGPU, featuring an in-game… | 23 | 3905 | abandoned |
| Chikage0o0/Linux-NetSpeed A shell script that integrates commonly used Linux TCP network acceleration options (BBR, BBR Plus, BBR2, and related kernel modules) into … | 10 | 3746 | abandoned |
| input-output-hk/cardano-sl Cardano SL is the original Haskell implementation of the Cardano cryptocurrency, implementing the Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus protoc… | 10 | 3744 | abandoned |
| cSploit cSploit is an open-source Android network analysis and penetration testing suite for rooted devices, integrating Metasploit RPC, MITM attac… | 23 | 3665 | abandoned |
| byt3bl33d3r/MITMf MITMf is a Python framework for performing Man-In-The-Middle and network attacks, featuring built-in SMB, HTTP, and DNS servers, an SSLStri… | 10 | 3641 | abandoned |
| PocketMine-MP PocketMine-MP is open-source server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, written from scratch in PHP, C, and C++, with a plugin API for… | 10 | 3577 | abandoned |
| Mellow Mellow is a rule-based global transparent proxy client for Windows, macOS and Linux, functioning as a Proxifier alternative that routes all… | 23 | 3536 | abandoned |
| dispatch A Node.js command-line utility that runs a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy balancing traffic across multiple internet connections (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, 3G… | 10 | 3487 | abandoned |
| nuta/kerla Kerla is a monolithic operating system kernel written from scratch in Rust that aims to be compatible with the Linux ABI, running unmodifie… | 50 | 3467 | abandoned |
| facebookarchive/RakNet RakNet is a cross-platform, open-source C++ networking engine designed for game programmers, providing reliable UDP transport, replication,… | 10 | 3422 | abandoned |
| joyent/libuv libuv is a multi-platform C library focused on asynchronous I/O, providing an event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, and IOCP, plus async TCP/… | 10 | 3240 | abandoned |
| jiangxufeng/v2rayL v2rayL is a Linux GUI client for V2Ray built with PyQt5, supporting vmess and shadowsocks protocols with subscription management, QR code c… | 10 | 3113 | abandoned |
| fivesheep/chnroutes chnroutes is a set of Python scripts that generate route table commands from the APNIC delegated list, so VPN users in China can route only… | 23 | 3098 | abandoned |
| NewEraCracker/LOIC LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) is an open-source network stress testing tool written in C#, based on Praetox's original LOIC. It supports TCP/… | 10 | 2969 | abandoned |
| zhuhaow/SpechtLite SpechtLite is a rule-based proxy application for macOS written in Swift. It has been archived because its underlying library, NEKit, is dep… | 10 | 2906 | abandoned |
| 91yun/serverspeeder A one-click shell installer for a cracked version of ServerSpeeder (锐速), a Linux TCP acceleration kernel module, targeting CentOS, Ubuntu, … | 32 | 2866 | abandoned |
| NEKit/libnekit NEKit is a Swift toolkit for building iOS/macOS Network Extension apps (NETunnelProvider) that route traffic through proxies to bypass netw… | 10 | 2814 | abandoned |
| gravitational/teleconsole Teleconsole is a Go-based command line tool for sharing a UNIX terminal session with others and forwarding local TCP ports over SSH, aimed … | 10 | 2762 | abandoned |
| Trojan-Qt5/Trojan-Qt5 Trojan-Qt5 was a cross-platform GUI proxy client implementing the Trojan protocol, built with Qt5 and C++, designed to route traffic throug… | 10 | 2664 | abandoned |
| DanMcInerney/LANs.py A Python-based penetration testing tool that scans WiFi networks for active clients, performs targeted ARP spoofing, and intercepts or inje… | 32 | 2636 | abandoned |
| WiFi-Pumpkin WiFi-Pumpkin is a Python framework for auditing Wi-Fi security by creating rogue wireless access points and performing man-in-the-middle at… | 23 | 2498 | abandoned |
| MatsuriDayo/Matsuri Matsuri is a universal proxy toolchain app for Android, forked from SagerNet, supporting protocols like Shadowsocks, VMess, Trojan, SOCKS, … | 10 | 2493 | abandoned |
| evilsocket/bettercap bettercap is a network attack and reconnaissance framework, described as a Swiss Army knife for WiFi, BLE, HID hijacking, CAN-bus, and IPv4… | 10 | 2490 | abandoned |
| abrasive/shairport Shairport is a C program that emulates an AirPort Express, implementing the Apple RAOP protocol so iTunes and iOS devices can stream music … | 32 | 2458 | abandoned |
| ddevault/TrueCraft TrueCraft is a clean-room implementation of Minecraft beta 1.7.3 written in C#, compatible with official beta 1.7.3 clients and servers. It… | 10 | 2454 | abandoned |
| pybluez/pybluez PyBluez is a Python extension module that lets Python code access the host machine's Bluetooth resources, including device discovery, SDP b… | 23 | 2409 | abandoned |
| twitter-archive/CocoaSPDY CocoaSPDY is an Objective-C framework implementing the SPDY/3.1 protocol for iOS and OS X, integrating with the NSURL stack to speed up HTT… | 10 | 2374 | abandoned |
| Shadowsocks A simple obfuscation plugin for Shadowsocks that disguises proxy traffic as ordinary HTTP or TLS traffic. It is deprecated and succeeded by… | 23 | 2372 | abandoned |
| codebutler/firesheep Firesheep is a Firefox extension that demonstrates HTTP session hijacking attacks by sniffing unencrypted Wi-Fi traffic and capturing sessi… | 32 | 2351 | abandoned |
| gongjianhui/AppleDNS AppleDNS is a Python script that collects Apple CDN data for Chinese ISPs (China Unicom, ChinaNet, CMCC) and generates DNS/hosts configurat… | 10 | 2342 | abandoned |
| hijkpw/scripts A collection of one-click shell scripts for installing proxy servers (Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, V2Ray, trojan, trojan-go) on VPS instances… | 32 | 2316 | abandoned |
| open-dingtalk/pierced Pierced is DingTalk's official intranet tunneling (reverse proxy) tool that exposes local HTTP services and databases via a public subdomai… | 32 | 2260 | abandoned |
| DarkCoderSc/PowerRemoteDesktop PowerRemoteDesktop is a remote desktop application written entirely in PowerShell, with both client and server components implementing its … | 23 | 2247 | abandoned |
| secgroundzero/warberry WarBerryPi is a tactical exploitation toolkit built to run on a Raspberry Pi, acting as a drop-box/implant for red-team engagements to scan… | 32 | 2221 | abandoned |
| ethereum/ethereumj EthereumJ is a pure-Java implementation of the Ethereum protocol as defined in the yellow paper, usable as a Maven/Gradle dependency or sta… | 10 | 2179 | abandoned |
| vzex/dog-tunnel Dog Tunnel is a Go-based peer-to-peer tunneling tool that provides port mapping over UDP using the KCP protocol, with NAT hole punching ass… | 10 | 2167 | abandoned |
| AirSonos AirSonos is a Node.js server that adds Apple AirPlay support to Sonos speakers on a local network, letting iOS and macOS devices stream aud… | 10 | 2087 | abandoned |
| TunnlTo/desktop-app TunnlTo was an open-source WireGuard client for Windows featuring advanced split tunneling and a user-friendly interface. The open-source p… | 54 | 1961 | abandoned |
| pkyeck/socket.IO-objc An Objective-C client library for connecting iOS and OS X apps to Socket.IO servers (v0.7.2–0.9.x) over websockets or long-polling, built o… | 10 | 1945 | abandoned |