rofl0r/microsocks
tiny, portable SOCKS5 server with very moderate resource usage observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3472
- days_rel: 573
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
2181 stars · 352 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
MicroSocks is a tiny, multithreaded SOCKS5 proxy server written in C with minimal resource usage and no config file required. It supports IPv4, IPv6, and DNS, with none, password, or one-time authentication, and is small enough to run on cheap routers.
Use cases
- run a lightweight socks5 proxy on a remote server
- tunnel connections through a VPS without SSH
- set up a socks5 proxy on a home router
- proxy for programs that don't support authentication
- minimal resource socks5 server for embedded devices
When to choose
- you need a dead-simple, zero-config SOCKS5 server
- running on resource-constrained hardware like routers
- you want IPv4/IPv6/DNS support with optional auth
When to avoid
- you need UDP support (SOCKS5 UDP ASSOCIATE)
- you need advanced features like traffic obfuscation or chaining
- you need a full VPN solution
Facets
service · maturity active
proxy networking http-server networking privacy security self-hosted bsd cross-platform cli self-hosted socks5 socks5-server lightweight c tunneling multithreaded pthreads linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rofl0r/microsocks · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0c1f78dbb193
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rofl0r/microsocks | main | 67 |
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