go-gost/gost

GO Simple Tunnel - a simple tunnel written in golang observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/go-gost/gost · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

84/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 57
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 19.5
age_days: 2394
days_rel: 284
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 9

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

7355 stars · 816 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

GOST (GO Simple Tunnel) is a Go-based multi-protocol tunnel and proxy tool supporting HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, Shadowsocks, WebSocket, QUIC, KCP, SSH, gRPC and more. It supports forward proxies, TCP/UDP port forwarding, reverse proxy tunnels with NAT traversal, multi-hop forwarding chains, TUN/TAP devices, and dynamic configuration via CLI, YAML/JSON config files, or a Web API.

Use cases

set up a socks5 or http proxy server
tunnel traffic through multiple proxy hops
forward a local port to a remote server
expose an internal service behind NAT to the public internet
build an encrypted tunnel over websocket or quic
run a shadowsocks-compatible proxy
route traffic through a chain of relays
create a tun2socks VPN-style setup

When to choose

you need a single self-contained binary supporting many proxy and tunnel protocols
you want multi-hop forwarding chains with load balancing and routing control
you need reverse proxy tunnels for NAT traversal
you want dynamic configuration via Web API and Prometheus metrics

When to avoid

you only need a simple static reverse proxy like nginx
you need a full mesh VPN solution like WireGuard or Tailscale
you require commercial support or custom development
you need guaranteed compatibility of exotic protocols (QUIC, HTTP/3) across different tunnel software

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

proxy networking vpn monitoring plugin-system networking security privacy self-hosted censorship-circumvention developer-tools windows cross-platform cli go tunnel socks5 http-proxy shadowsocks port-forwarding reverse-proxy tun2socks relay-chain quic kcp websocket-tunnel ssh-tunnel tunneling load-balancing linux macos docker android

5 sources

readme: https://github.com/go-gost/gost · fetched 2026-08-28 · b47ee1224506
homepage: https://gost.run · fetched 2026-08-29 · a6c1d7e84a93
site_page: https://gost.run/getting-started/quick-start · fetched 2026-08-29 · aecd5e89489d
site_page: https://gost.run/getting-started/configuration-overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 40ccd4677b41
site_page: https://gost.run/getting-started/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3227de4c2e87

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
go-gost/gost	main	84

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