Tinyproxy
Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 10% of tracked projects; popularity more than 70%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 1.11.3 · 7 Mar 2026 |
| Repo updated | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | C, deb |
Is Tinyproxy actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 19 commits, of which 5 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 2 commits a month.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 62% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 1.11.3, is about 7 months old.
Tinyproxy ranks #4 of 9 in Proxy, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Tinyproxy actually does
Tinyproxy is a lightweight daemon that handles HTTP and HTTPS proxy requests. It acts as an intermediary for web traffic, sitting between client applications and the wider internet. Written in C, it provides core proxy functionality with minimal resource overhead.
Best fit: It suits constrained environments where you need a simple, low-resource HTTP and HTTPS forwarding proxy without the bloat of larger enterprise alternatives.
Worth knowing: Development activity has slowed down significantly, and it lacks the advanced traffic shaping, modern caching capabilities, and comprehensive feature sets found in more active alternatives.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C binary distributed as a Debian package, it typically runs directly on the host system without requiring an external database. You will need to configure your own persistent configuration files and manage any TLS termination upstream if required.
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