# rofl0r/microsocks

tiny, portable SOCKS5 server with very moderate resource usage

Repository: https://github.com/rofl0r/microsocks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/microsocks
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: proxy, socks5, socks5-proxy, lightweight, socks5-server, pthreads
Last push: 2026-08-25T04:22:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3472, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 573, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2181, forks 352 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:23.290135+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, http-server
- domain: networking, privacy, security, self-hosted
- platform: bsd, cross-platform, cli, self-hosted
- tags: socks5, socks5-server, lightweight, c, tunneling, multithreaded, pthreads, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- rofl0r/microsocks (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.290135+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 2026-08-30T02:48:41.878450+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rofl0r/microsocks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.290135+00:00, sha 0c1f78dbb193)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.