# ginuerzh/gost

GO Simple Tunnel - a simple tunnel written in golang

Repository: https://github.com/ginuerzh/gost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gost
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, tunnel, golang, shadowsocks, quic, kcp, ssh, http2, obfs4, socks5, udp, tls, sni, tuntap, dns
Last push: 2024-12-31T13:08:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4184, "days_push": 610, "days_rel": 692, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18190, forks 2635 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.419531+00:00)

## What it is
GOST (GO Simple Tunnel) is a Go-based tunneling and proxy tool supporting HTTP/HTTPS/HTTP2/SOCKS4/SOCKS5/Shadowsocks protocols plus QUIC, KCP, SSH, and TLS transports. It supports multi-level proxy chains, TCP/UDP port forwarding, transparent proxying, load balancing, and TUN/TAP devices.

## Use cases
- set up a socks5 or http proxy server
- tunnel traffic through multiple chained proxies
- forward local tcp or udp ports to a remote host
- bypass network censorship with encrypted tunnels
- tunnel udp over tcp or quic
- run a shadowsocks server
- build a transparent proxy gateway on linux

## When to choose
- you need a single binary supporting many proxy and tunnel protocols
- you want multi-hop proxy chains with mixed protocol types
- you need port forwarding combined with proxying in one tool

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple http proxy and prefer minimal config
- you need a GUI-managed proxy client
- you want a widely audited tool for high-security threat models

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, vpn, networking, security, cryptography
- domain: networking, security, privacy, censorship-circumvention, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: tunnel, socks5, shadowsocks, quic, kcp, port-forwarding, proxy-chain, obfs4, tuntap, sni-proxy, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ginuerzh/gost (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.419531+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 2026-08-29T17:02:07.491243+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ginuerzh/gost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.419531+00:00, sha c9bb1abeab64)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.