jech/polipo
The Polipo caching HTTP proxy observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 5515
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3175
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1820 stars · 348 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Polipo is a lightweight, single-threaded, non-blocking caching HTTP proxy written in C with very modest resource needs. The project is no longer maintained, with the last release in 2017.
Use cases
- cache web traffic on a low-resource machine
- run a local HTTP proxy to speed up browsing
- share a caching proxy across a small LAN
- reduce bandwidth usage by caching repeated requests
- use a simple forward proxy for privacy filtering
When to avoid
- you need a maintained proxy with security updates
- you need modern proxy features like HTTPS interception or HTTP/2
- you're starting a new project - use Squid, Tinyproxy, or Privoxy instead
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
proxy caching http-server networking privacy web-development windows cross-platform http-proxy web-cache c lightweight linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/jech/polipo · fetched 2026-08-28 · e76bf2ba39f2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jech/polipo | main | 10 |
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