Squid
Caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages.
Developed outside the platforms our data source measures, so there is no activity history to score. This says nothing about the project — many unrated projects are actively maintained.
Activity data
Not available for this project. Our source collects commit history from GitHub only, and Squid is developed elsewhere.
| Stars | not measured |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | — |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | C, deb |
Is Squid actively maintained?
We cannot measure this one. Squid is developed outside the platforms our data source collects activity from, and its repository lives at code.launchpad.net — so there is no commit history or release cadence here to score.
Read that as missing data, not as a warning. Several of the best-maintained projects in this catalogue are unrated for exactly this reason. To judge it, open the repository and look at the date of the most recent commit yourself.
What Squid actually does
Squid is a caching proxy for web traffic supporting protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. It operates by storing frequently requested resources to reduce external bandwidth usage and improve client response times.
Best fit: It is well-suited for network administrators looking to cache web content locally and manage outbound web traffic across an organisation.
Worth knowing: Configuring a caching proxy securely and efficiently can be complex, and you should anticipate a significant operational learning curve.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C application distributed as a Debian package, it typically runs as a standalone system service and requires persistent storage for its cache directory.
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