# tinyproxy/tinyproxy

tinyproxy - a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems

Repository: https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinyproxy
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-29T17:13:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 42, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3922, "days_push": 35, "days_rel": 179, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5976, forks 759 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:33.919292+00:00)

## What it is
Tinyproxy is a lightweight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems, written in C. It supports connection buffering, domain/URL filtering, upstream proxying, transparent and reverse proxy modes, making it suitable for small networks where a full proxy would be too resource-intensive.

## Use cases
- set up a lightweight HTTP proxy for a small network
- share an internet connection with HTTP-only access control
- run a transparent proxy with firewall rules
- proxy traffic through an upstream proxy server
- filter domains and URLs at the network level
- run a reverse proxy for a web server
- buffer fast server responses for slow clients

## When to choose
- you need a minimal, low-resource HTTP/HTTPS proxy on Linux/BSD/macOS
- you want transparent or reverse proxying without heavy software like Squid
- you need simple domain/URL filtering for a small network

## When to avoid
- you need advanced caching, authentication backends, or SOCKS5 features of a full proxy suite
- you need a Windows-native proxy
- you need extensive traffic inspection or TLS interception

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: proxy, http-server, networking, security
- domain: networking, privacy, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli, self-hosted
- tags: http-proxy, https-proxy, transparent-proxy, reverse-proxy, lightweight-daemon, posix, c, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tinyproxy/tinyproxy (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.919292+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 2026-08-29T17:50:08.114879+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.919292+00:00, sha d656356d0c89)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.