# hanselime/paqet

Ferries Packets Across Forbidden Boundaries 👀

Repository: https://github.com/hanselime/paqet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paqet
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kcp, pcap, tcpdump, gopacket, paqet
Last push: 2026-08-22T12:21:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 16
- inputs: {"age_days": 237, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1183, forks 182 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.467437+00:00)

## What it is
paqet is a raw-packet proxy written in Go that tunnels traffic inside hand-crafted TCP packets, bypassing the host's TCP/IP stack using pcap for capture. It layers KCP and smux on top to provide fast, reliable, encrypted, multiplexed transport that can evade firewalls relying on connection tracking.

## Use cases
- tunnel traffic through firewalls that do connection tracking
- research how stateless raw TCP packet tunnels behave on the wire
- build an encrypted transport that bypasses the kernel TCP stack
- proxy traffic between two machines using KCP over raw packets
- study firewall handshake-based filtering with crafted packets

## When to choose
- you need a security research tool that crafts raw TCP packets and bypasses stateful firewalls
- you want KCP-based encrypted multiplexed transport without the kernel TCP stack in the path
- you need fine-grained control over packet crafting and capture on Linux, macOS, or Windows

## When to avoid
- you want a simple, production-ready VPN with easy configuration
- you need stable APIs - the project warns interfaces may change without notice
- you cannot install libpcap/Npcap or lack raw packet capture privileges

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: proxy, networking, cryptography, security
- domain: networking, privacy, security, censorship-circumvention
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: kcp, raw-packets, pcap, tunneling, gopacket, firewall-bypass, smux, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hanselime/paqet (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.467437+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 2026-08-30T06:24:35.026653+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hanselime/paqet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.467437+00:00, sha 9db81ac6631e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.