dlundquist/sniproxy
Proxies incoming HTTP and TLS connections based on the hostname contained in the initial request of the TCP session. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
50/100
- Activity 40
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5735
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 362
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2717 stars · 408 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A C-based TCP proxy that routes incoming HTTP and TLS connections to backend servers based on the hostname in the initial request (SNI or Host header), enabling HTTPS name-based virtual hosting without decrypting traffic. The project is deprecated as of 2023 due to HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 incompatibilities, but still receives critical security fixes.
Use cases
- proxy https traffic by hostname without installing tls certificates on the proxy
- name-based virtual hosting for multiple backend servers behind one ip
- route tls connections based on sni extension
- forward http requests to different backends by host header
- hide backend servers behind a single public proxy
When to choose
- you need transparent TLS passthrough routing without managing keys or certificates on the proxy
- your traffic is plain HTTP/1.1 or TLS with SNI and you want a lightweight dedicated proxy
- you need HAProxy proxy protocol support to preserve client source addresses
When to avoid
- you need HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 (QUIC) support, which it cannot route correctly
- you want an actively developed general-purpose proxy - consider Nginx or other SNI-aware proxies instead
- you need a proxy with rich features like caching, load balancing, or access control
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
proxy networking http-server security networking web-development self-hosted cli sni-proxy tls-proxy name-based-routing deprecated haproxy-protocol c linux web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/dlundquist/sniproxy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 426666ff1c16
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dlundquist/sniproxy | main | 50 |
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