# getqujing/qtunnel

A secure socket tunnel works on getqujing.com

Repository: https://github.com/getqujing/qtunnel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qtunnel
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-04-18T08:05:45+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": 4333, "days_push": 3424, "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 1643, forks 313 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.956257+00:00)

## What it is
qTunnel is a lightweight Go-based network tunneling tool that acts as an encryption wrapper between clients and servers, serving as a simpler Stunnel/stud replacement without certificate management or SSL handshakes. It supports RC4 and AES-256-CFB encryption to secure TCP connections between a client-mode and server-mode instance.

## Use cases
- encrypt redis traffic between data centers
- wrap clear-text tcp connections in encryption
- replace stunnel with a lighter tunnel
- secure backend service communication across insecure networks
- create encrypted tunnel between client and server hosts

## When to avoid
- you need proper TLS with certificate validation
- you need modern, actively maintained software - the project has not been updated since 2017 and RC4 is cryptographically weak

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, networking, cryptography, proxy
- domain: networking, security, privacy
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: tunnel, encryption-wrapper, stunnel-replacement, go, rc4, aes, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- getqujing/qtunnel (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.956257+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 2026-08-30T03:45:58.847390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/getqujing/qtunnel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.956257+00:00, sha 9d545ab02309)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.