Squid
Caching proxy for the web
72
Needs attention
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Medium risk
Overview
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times.
Importance
- Pioneer of web proxy caching
- Powers enterprise network caching
- Foundation for content filtering
- Still widely deployed
Key Features
- Web caching
- Access control
- SSL interception
- ICP/HTCP support
Sustainability
Squid has minimal funding and few active maintainers. This long-standing infrastructure project needs support.
Dependencies
Depends On
(3)
Squid
unknown
Dependency Chain
Upstream
OpenSSL
→
zlib
→
Linux Kernel
→
Squid
Impact Analysis
3
Direct Dependencies
0
Dependent Projects
Top-level project