Outline Server vs Tinyproxy

Both are self-hosted proxy projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Tinyproxy scores 38 against Outline Server's 23, putting it ahead on the strength of more recent releases and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Outline Server may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Outline Server	Tinyproxy
Health score	23/100	38/100
Commits (11 mo)	15	19
Commits (last 3 mo)	0	5
Stars	6.3k	6k
Latest release	24 Feb 2025	7 Mar 2026
Licence	Apache-2.0	GPL-2.0
Built with	Docker, Nodejs	C, deb
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

Outline Server

A proxy server that runs a Shadowsocks instance for each access key and a REST API to manage the access keys.

23/100

At risk

Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.

Maintenance 3/40

Releases 5/25

Community 14/20

Momentum 0/15

Commit activity more than 8% of tracked projects; popularity more than 71%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Tinyproxy

Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon.

38/100

Slowing

Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.

Maintenance 4/40

Releases 16/25

Community 14/20

Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 10% of tracked projects; popularity more than 70%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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