# yaoweibin/nginx_tcp_proxy_module

add the feature of tcp proxy with nginx, with health check and status monitor

Repository: https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_tcp_proxy_module
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nginx_tcp_proxy_module
Homepage: http://yaoweibin.github.com/nginx_tcp_proxy_module
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-12-19T13:21:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6029, "days_push": 1718, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1645, forks 347 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.239768+00:00)

## What it is
A third-party Nginx module written in C that adds TCP proxying capabilities to Nginx, including upstream load balancing with ip_hash, active health checks, and a status monitor endpoint. It is frequently used for WebSocket reverse proxying and general TCP load balancing.

## Use cases
- proxy raw TCP traffic through nginx
- load balance non-HTTP services with nginx
- health check upstream TCP servers
- monitor backend status via an HTTP endpoint
- reverse proxy websocket connections
- ip hash based session persistence for TCP upstreams

## When to choose
- you need TCP-level proxying with nginx and cannot use nginx stream module (older nginx versions)
- you want built-in active health checks and a status page for TCP upstreams
- you need websocket reverse proxying on legacy nginx

## When to avoid
- you run a modern nginx with the built-in stream module
- you need a maintained solution with active development and a license
- you only need HTTP reverse proxying

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, networking, monitoring, load-testing
- domain: networking, web-development, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: c
- tags: nginx-module, tcp-proxy, health-check, websocket-proxy, load-balancing, reverse-proxy, devops, linux, nginx

## Member repositories
- yaoweibin/nginx_tcp_proxy_module (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.239768+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 2026-08-30T03:45:36.937030+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_tcp_proxy_module (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.239768+00:00, sha a547fdadcb7b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.