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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eooce/python-ws A lightweight Python implementation of VLESS, Trojan, and Shadowsocks proxy protocols designed to run on serverless/PaaS platforms without … | 53 | 2844 | active |
| yujincheng08/BiliRoaming BiliRoaming is an Xposed module for rooted Android devices that removes regional restrictions on anime (bangumi) content in the Bilibili ap… | 10 | 11548 | maintenance |
| acme-dns acme-dns is a simplified DNS server with a RESTful HTTP API designed to automate ACME DNS challenges for Let's Encrypt and other ACME certi… | 77 | 2838 | active |
| eycorsican/leaf Leaf is a versatile and efficient proxy framework written in Rust, supporting multiple proxy protocols such as Shadowsocks, Trojan, VMess, … | 86 | 2833 | active |
| PJON PJON is an experimental, multi-master, software-defined network protocol stack for microcontrollers and general-purpose systems, supporting… | 43 | 2832 | active |
| knadh/dns.toys dns.toys is a DNS server written in Go that repurposes the DNS protocol to serve handy utilities like weather, world time, unit and currenc… | 61 | 2831 | active |
| GUI-for-Cores/GUI.for.Clash A modern, lightweight cross-platform desktop GUI for managing Clash/mihomo (and sing-box) proxy cores, built with Wails (Go) and Vue 3. It … | 88 | 2827 | active |
| Polkadot SDK Polkadot SDK is the consolidated Rust monorepo merging Substrate, Polkadot, and Cumulus, providing a framework for building blockchains and… | 92 | 2815 | active |
| zema1/suo5 Suo5 is a high-performance HTTP tunneling tool that creates a local SOCKS5 forward proxy by tunneling traffic through a compromised web ser… | 80 | 2815 | active |
| maxmcd/webtty A Go CLI tool that shares a terminal session over WebRTC, letting a remote peer connect via a pasted SDP exchange or a static browser page … | 23 | 2813 | active |
| BitMaker-hub/NerdMiner_v2 NerdSoloMiner v2 is open-source firmware that turns ESP32-based boards (like the LILYGO T-Display S3) into a small Bitcoin solo CPU miner i… | 68 | 2804 | active |
| node-webrtc node-webrtc is a Node.js native addon (N-API) providing bindings to Google's WebRTC M106 stack. It aims for spec compliance with the WebRTC… | 52 | 2803 | active |
| skydive-project/skydive Skydive is an open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer that captures network topology and traffic flows across hosts, … | 38 | 2799 | active |
| AlexxIT/XiaomiGateway3 A Home Assistant custom component (HACS integration) for controlling Xiaomi Multimode Gateway 3, Gateway 2, and Aqara Hub E1 over LAN on de… | 97 | 2791 | active |
| open5gs/open5gs Open5GS is an open-source C-language implementation of the 5G Core (5GC) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC), the core network of LTE and NR mobi… | 85 | 2776 | active |
| pymodbus-dev/pymodbus PyModbus is a full Modbus protocol stack written in Python, providing a client, server, and HTML-based simulator with both synchronous and … | 95 | 2772 | stable |
| Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware A repository providing compilation instructions and precompiled hex firmware files for Texas Instruments Z-Stack Zigbee firmware, targeting… | 66 | 2770 | active |
| streetpea/chiaki-ng chiaki-ng is an open-source PlayStation 4/5 remote play client and the actively maintained next generation of Chiaki. It streams games from… | 83 | 2762 | active |
| glados-network/GLaDOS GLaDOS is a commercial networking/VPN service (Generic Local and Destination Operating System) that helps users manage and secure their net… | 56 | 2758 | active |
| nbio NBIO is a pure Go non-blocking, event-driven network I/O library supporting TLS, HTTP/1.x, and WebSocket, largely compatible with net/http.… | 95 | 2755 | active |
| paullouisageneau/libdatachannel libdatachannel is a standalone C++17 library (with C bindings) implementing WebRTC Data Channels, WebRTC Media Transport, and WebSockets wi… | 87 | 2749 | stable |
| calebmadrigal/trackerjacker A Python CLI tool that maps nearby WiFi networks and their connected devices via raw 802.11 monitor-mode packet capture, similar to nmap bu… | 52 | 2743 | active |
| bloomberg/goldpinger Goldpinger is a Kubernetes debugging tool that runs as a DaemonSet and makes calls between its instances to test and visualize network conn… | 98 | 2741 | active |
| mas-bandwidth/yojimbo yojimbo is a C++ network library for client/server multiplayer games, designed around the needs of competitive games like first-person shoo… | 96 | 2739 | stable |
| aboul3la/Sublist3r Sublist3r is a Python command-line tool that enumerates subdomains of a target domain using OSINT sources such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baid… | 23 | 11051 | maintenance |
| 233boy/Xray A one-click installation and management shell script for the Xray proxy core on Linux servers. It automates TLS setup and lets users add, c… | 88 | 2732 | active |
| I2P I2P (Invisible Internet Project) is the reference Java implementation of a decentralized, anonymizing peer-to-peer overlay network that rou… | 91 | 2730 | stable |
| gbe_fork (Goldberg Emulator fork) A fork of the Goldberg emulator, a Steam emulator written in C++ that emulates Steam online features such as multiplayer APIs. It lets game… | 89 | 2726 | active |
| patterniha/SNI-Spoofing A Python CLI tool that bypasses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) by manipulating IP and TCP headers, such as spoofing SNI fields. It is used to… | 48 | 2719 | active |
| mubeng/mubeng mubeng is a fast CLI tool written in Go that checks the availability of proxies from a list and rotates your IP address per request via a l… | 72 | 2713 | active |
| Shrey113/Android-Dex A desktop application (built with Flutter and Kotlin) that acts as a universal Samsung DeX alternative, letting users run Android apps in r… | 80 | 2707 | active |
| 7h30th3r0n3/Evil-M5Project Evil-M5Project is a C++ firmware/tool for M5Stack devices (Cardputer, AtomS3, Fire, Core2) that scans, monitors, and interacts with WiFi ne… | 71 | 2703 | active |
| weixiansen574/HybridFileXfer A hybrid file transfer tool that transfers files between an Android phone and a computer simultaneously over multiple I/O channels such as … | 68 | 2699 | active |
| Submariner Submariner is a CNCF sandbox tool that interconnects the overlay networks of multiple Kubernetes clusters, enabling direct Pod-to-Pod and S… | 98 | 2697 | active |
| lissy93/networking-toolbox Networking Toolbox is a collection of 100+ free, open-source networking utilities for system administrators and network engineers, covering… | 67 | 2696 | active |
| hashicorp/yamux Yamux is a Go library for stream-oriented connection multiplexing over reliable transports like TCP or Unix domain sockets. It enables thou… | 67 | 2694 | stable |
| Packet Sender Packet Sender is a free, open-source cross-platform utility for sending and receiving TCP, UDP, SSL, and DTLS packets, plus HTTP/HTTPS requ… | 83 | 2684 | active |
| OpenHD/OpenHD OpenHD is an open-source digital FPV (first-person view) software suite for long-range, low-latency video transmission, telemetry, and RC c… | 67 | 2684 | active |
| rthalley/dnspython dnspython is a DNS toolkit for Python supporting nearly all record types, queries, zone transfers, dynamic updates, TSIG, EDNS0, DNSSEC, an… | 87 | 2680 | stable |
| ihciah/shadow-tls ShadowTLS is a TLS camouflage proxy written in Rust that relays a real TLS handshake with a valid certificate of your choice to the firewal… | 27 | 2680 | active |
| Moham3dRiahi/Th3inspector Th3inspector is an all-in-one Perl CLI tool for information gathering (OSINT reconnaissance). It bundles lookups such as website info, whoi… | 36 | 2668 | active |
| TrackerControl/tracker-control-android TrackerControl is an Android app that monitors and blocks hidden tracking and ads in mobile apps using a local VPN to analyze network traff… | 95 | 2666 | active |
| Mongoose OS Mongoose OS is an open-source IoT firmware development framework and operating system for low-power microcontrollers such as ESP32, ESP8266… | 66 | 2666 | stable |
| open-mpi/ompi Open MPI is an open-source, standards-conformant implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) for high-performance computing, deve… | 77 | 2663 | stable |
| kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole A shell script and maintained DNS blocklist for blocking YouTube ads via Pi-hole. It provides a regularly updated blacklist file to add to … | 77 | 2660 | active |
| in0finite/SanAndreasUnity An open-source reimplementation of the GTA San Andreas game engine built in Unity, focusing on gameplay features, multiplayer, and an exten… | 23 | 2648 | active |
| teeworlds/teeworlds Teeworlds is a free, open-source retro multiplayer shooter supporting up to 16 players in game modes like Team Deathmatch and Capture the F… | 33 | 2646 | stable |
| nisargjhaveri/WirelessAndroidAutoDongle A DIY wireless Android Auto adapter built with Buildroot that runs on Raspberry Pi boards, letting cars with only wired Android Auto use wi… | 32 | 2646 | active |
| musana/CF-Hero CF-Hero is a Go-based reconnaissance CLI tool that discovers the real origin IP addresses of Cloudflare-protected web applications. It aggr… | 63 | 2640 | active |
| brianshea2/addr.tools A collection of free DNS-based Internet utilities (dynamic DNS, public IP lookup, ACME dns-01 challenge helper, DNS resolver testing) plus … | 69 | 2637 | active |
| honmashironeko/ProxyCat ProxyCat is a self-hosted tunnel proxy pool middleware that turns short-lived proxy IPs into a stable fixed tunnel endpoint over HTTP/SOCKS… | 86 | 2632 | active |
| jacobalberty/unifi-docker A Dockerized packaging of Ubiquiti's UniFi Controller, bundling the controller, Java runtime, and OS dependencies into a single container. … | 79 | 2625 | active |
| Wasabi Wallet Wasabi Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial, privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet built in C# on .NET. It routes all traffic through T… | 94 | 2621 | active |
| theopfr/somo somo is a Rust-based CLI tool that serves as a human-friendly alternative to netstat for inspecting socket and port connections on Linux an… | 90 | 2621 | active |
| near/nearcore nearcore is the reference client implementation of the NEAR Protocol, a sharded proof-of-stake blockchain written in Rust. It runs full nod… | 97 | 2618 | active |
| RadioLib RadioLib is a universal C++ wireless communication library for embedded devices, providing a unified API to drive many radio modules (SX127… | 95 | 2614 | active |
| zhboner/realm Realm is a simple, high-performance network relay server written in Rust that forwards TCP and UDP traffic between endpoints. It supports z… | 94 | 2612 | active |
| ymyuuu/IPDB IPDB is a hosted API service that provides curated lists of Cloudflare official and reverse-proxy (preferred) IP addresses, updated in real… | 72 | 2604 | active |
| mas-bandwidth/netcode A C library implementing a secure, connection-oriented client/server protocol on top of UDP for real-time multiplayer games. It handles enc… | 96 | 2596 | active |
| libpnet/libpnet libpnet is a cross-platform Rust library for low-level networking, providing safe packet construction and parsing, transport protocol imple… | 55 | 2591 | stable |
| hmgle/graftcp graftcp is a Linux command-line tool that redirects TCP, UDP, and DNS traffic of arbitrary processes to SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies using ptrace… | 91 | 2587 | active |
| pythops/oryx Oryx is a terminal user interface (TUI) application for sniffing and inspecting network traffic in real time using eBPF on Linux. It also p… | 70 | 2581 | active |
| s0lst1c3/eaphammer EAPHammer is a toolkit for performing targeted evil twin attacks against WPA2-Enterprise networks, including credential stealing and hostil… | 23 | 2572 | active |
| madeye/proxydroid ProxyDroid is an Android app that routes all device traffic through an upstream SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy without root, using a VpnService-based… | 64 | 2566 | active |
| agronholm/anyio AnyIO is a high-level asynchronous concurrency and networking library for Python that runs on top of either asyncio or Trio. It provides Tr… | 93 | 2556 | stable |
| epsylon/ufonet UFONet is a free, P2P and cryptographic 'disruptive toolkit' written in Python for performing DoS and DDoS attacks at Layer 7 (HTTP) via Op… | 79 | 2535 | active |
| Box for Magisk Box for Root (BFR) is a Magisk/KernelSU/APatch module that bundles proxy cores such as clash, sing-box, v2ray, hysteria, and xray to set up… | 77 | 2523 | active |
| pwittchen/ReactiveNetwork ReactiveNetwork is an Android library for observing network connection state and Internet connectivity via RxJava Observables. It supports … | 23 | 2523 | active |
| natesales/q q is a tiny, feature-rich command line DNS client written in Go. It supports querying over UDP, TCP, DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over… | 79 | 2522 | active |
| Termshark Termshark is a terminal user interface for tshark, the Wireshark command-line packet analyzer, offering Wireshark-like packet inspection in… | 23 | 10040 | maintenance |
| sjlleo/netflix-verify A Go-based CLI script that checks whether a server's network (IPv4/IPv6) can access Netflix, including region and unlock-level detection. I… | 33 | 2519 | active |
| OpenMPTCProuter OpenMPTCProuter is an OpenWrt-based router distribution that aggregates multiple internet connections (fiber, ADSL, 4G/5G, etc.) using Mult… | 75 | 2513 | active |
| cloudnativelabs/kube-router Kube-router is a turnkey Kubernetes networking solution that combines pod networking (CNI), an IPVS/LVS-based service proxy, NetworkPolicy … | 96 | 2508 | active |
| NAPALM NAPALM is a Python library that provides a unified API for interacting with network devices from multiple vendors, such as routers and swit… | 79 | 2505 | active |
| sofastack/sofa-bolt SOFABolt is a lightweight, high-performance network remoting framework for Java built on Netty, developed by Ant Financial. It provides con… | 67 | 2505 | stable |
| h9zdev/WireTapper WireTapper is a wireless OSINT tool that passively detects and maps nearby radio-emitting devices such as Wi-Fi access points, Bluetooth de… | 56 | 2504 | active |
| quasar/Quasar Quasar is a free, open-source remote administration tool (RAT) for Windows written in C#, offering remote desktop, shell, file management, … | 10 | 9906 | maintenance |
| corundum/corundum Corundum is an open-source FPGA-based network interface card (NIC) and platform for in-network compute, written in Verilog/SystemVerilog. I… | 32 | 2489 | active |
| sabri-zaki/EasY_HaCk EasY_HaCk is a Termux-based penetration testing menu tool that bundles and installs tools like Metasploit, Nmap, SQLmap, and recon-ng for n… | 39 | 2487 | active |
| ChrispyBacon-dev/DockFlare DockFlare is a self-hosted Python/Flask application that watches Docker container events and automatically manages Cloudflare Tunnel ingres… | 85 | 2475 | active |
| atomashpolskiy/bt Bt is a full-featured BitTorrent library and client written in Java 8, supporting DHT, magnet links, peer exchange, message stream encrypti… | 59 | 2473 | active |
| nRF24/RF24 An optimized C++ driver library for the nRF24L01(+) 2.4GHz wireless transceiver, acting as an OSI Layer 2 radio driver. It supports Arduino… | 85 | 2470 | active |
| DNSCrypt/SimpleDnsCrypt Simple DNSCrypt is a Windows GUI management tool for configuring dnscrypt-proxy. It simplifies setting up encrypted DNS on Windows systems. | 52 | 2467 | active |
| apache/activemq Apache ActiveMQ is a high-performance, multi-protocol, Java-based open source message broker supporting JMS/Jakarta Messaging, AMQP, MQTT, … | 98 | 2464 | stable |
| Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone ESP-Drone is a DIY drone firmware and hardware project built on the ESP32 and MPU6050 IMU, providing Wi-Fi-based stabilization and phone co… | 58 | 2464 | active |
| vishnubob/wait-for-it wait-for-it is a pure bash script that tests and waits for the availability of a TCP host and port, with optional timeout and strict mode. … | 32 | 9772 | maintenance |
| Amazon VPC CNI The AWS VPC CNI plugin is a Kubernetes networking plugin that assigns VPC IP addresses to pods using Elastic Network Interfaces on AWS. It … | 98 | 2457 | active |
| lupinemachines/lupine LUPINE is a GPU-over-IP bridge that lets machines without local GPUs attach NVIDIA GPUs running on remote servers over the network. It expo… | 91 | 2452 | active |
| ramonvermeulen/whosthere Whosthere is a Local Area Network discovery tool with an interactive Terminal User Interface, written in Go. It discovers devices via mDNS,… | 80 | 2451 | active |
| mavlink/mavlink MAVLink is a lightweight, header-only message marshalling library and protocol for communication between drones, onboard components, and gr… | 76 | 2442 | stable |
| NodePassProject/Anywhere Anywhere is a native proxy client for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS built entirely in Swift with no external proxy-core bridges. It implemen… | 67 | 2441 | active |
| fscarmen/warp-sh A shell script suite for connecting Linux servers to Cloudflare WARP via WGCF, adding IPv4/IPv6 network connectivity through WireGuard. It … | 71 | 2439 | active |
| Xudong-Huang/may May is a high-performance Rust library for stackful coroutines, offering a Goroutine-like programming model for building massively concurre… | 71 | 2438 | active |
| eclipse-paho/paho.mqtt.python The Eclipse Paho MQTT Python client library implementing MQTT protocol versions 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1. It enables Python applications to conn… | 67 | 2429 | active |
| YTwsy/OpenSurge-for-Mac OpenSurge for Mac is an open-source, Surge-style macOS gateway and control plane that turns a Mac into a whole-home transparent proxy gatew… | 80 | 2426 | active |
| drk1wi/Portspoof Portspoof is a lightweight C++ tool that emulates open TCP ports and convincing service signatures across all 65535 ports, making port scan… | 79 | 2425 | active |
| intentfreedomain/FreeDomain Intent FreeDomain is a non-profit service (fiscally sponsored by Hack Club) that provides free subdomains like .int.yt and .nc.to for devel… | 61 | 2417 | active |
| bubenshchykov/ngrok A Node.js wrapper around the ngrok client binary that lets developers programmatically open tunnels exposing localhost servers to the publi… | 41 | 2415 | active |
| dndx/phantun Phantun is a lightweight, high-performance UDP-to-TCP obfuscator written in safe Rust that disguises UDP packets as TCP streams to pass thr… | 66 | 2408 | active |
| kubeovn/kube-ovn Kube-OVN is a CNCF Sandbox CNI plugin that integrates OVN-based network virtualization with Kubernetes, providing an advanced container net… | 95 | 2406 | active |