# coyove/goflyway

An encrypted HTTP server

Repository: https://github.com/coyove/goflyway
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goflyway
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, socks, tcp-tunnel, udp-tunnel, mitmproxy, websocket
Last push: 2023-04-22T02:35:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3300, "days_push": 1230, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4279, forks 639 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:41.115604+00:00)

## What it is
goflyway is a Go-based encrypted port forwarder that relays TCP connections over plain HTTP POST requests, similar to ssh -L, with optional WebSocket and KCP transport modes. It also supports dynamic SOCKS-style forwarding and can serve as an HTTP reverse proxy or static file server on the same port.

## Use cases
- forward a local port to a remote server through an HTTP proxy
- tunnel TCP traffic through a CONNECT-less HTTP proxy
- relay connections over WebSocket or KCP for better performance
- set up a dynamic SOCKS proxy through a remote server
- run a reverse proxy or static file server alongside a tunnel
- circumvent restrictive network environments using plain HTTP traffic

## When to choose
- you are behind a CONNECT-less HTTP proxy and need to tunnel out
- you want ssh -L style forwarding without SSH access
- you need traffic that looks like ordinary HTTP POST requests
- you want a single lightweight Go binary for tunneling

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured VPN or mesh networking solution
- you require actively maintained software with recent updates
- you need high throughput in HTTP mode, which buffers and adds overhead
- you need production-grade authentication and auditing features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, networking, http-server, websocket, security
- domain: networking, privacy, censorship-circumvention, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: port-forwarding, tunnel, socks-proxy, kcp, http-relay, encrypted-tunnel, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- coyove/goflyway (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.115604+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:59.011255+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coyove/goflyway (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.115604+00:00, sha bbcb2720a896)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.