Redbird
A modern reverse proxy for node (by OptimalBits)
Squid
Squid Web Proxy Cache (by squid-cache)
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| Redbird | Squid | |
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| 1 | 29 | |
| 4,378 | 1,946 | |
| 0.0% | 3.1% | |
| 0.0 | 9.5 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 3 days ago | |
| JavaScript | C++ | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Redbird
Posts with mentions or reviews of Redbird.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-14.
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Randomly assigning ports to fargate instances in an application gateway
I have used https://github.com/OptimalBits/redbird to build a custom reverse proxy before and it's easy enough and reliable to use and maintain.
Squid
Posts with mentions or reviews of Squid.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-03.
- Squid: Optimising Web Delivery
- squid proxy cache server without systemd built and ready to serve
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Netflix Canada Just Got Rid of Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan Without Even a Heads Up
> But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through ...
On a technical point, you might be able to get away with just using Squid for the proxy, with pretty much default settings.
I used to use that years ago (not with Netflix though) running from a data centre, using an ssh (autossh) tunnel to reach it securely.
Worked pretty well, aside from the extra latency due to the packets having to go an extra half way around the world. ;)
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How to get my IP traffic data to an AWS lambda using Darkstat?
I recommend trying a transparent proxy like Squid. There are many analytics tools for Squid logs. Squid can generate TLS certificates on the fly to inspect secure websites but you'll have to generate and install a CA certificate and key into Squid. You'll also have to import the CA certificate on any machine accessing the internet through the Squid proxy. Squid has the added bonus of caching content to speed up web browsing and reduce data usage.
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What do you guys use IPFS to develop?
I “invented” IPFS when I though “wouldn’t it be nice if we could combine Squid-Cache with BackupPC
- Ask HN: How do you protect your children from internet addiction?
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Web resource caching: Server-side
A couple of dedicated server-side resource caching solutions have emerged over the years: Memcached, Varnish, Squid, etc. Other solutions are less focused on web resource caching and more generic, e.g., Redis or Hazelcast.
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Caching Server?
Web caching (more techical, probably not useful) there squid-cache
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Why does linux use HTTP to get updates?
Also, the fact it is distributed by HTTP allow companies (and ISPs) to cache content in Squid servers (http://www.squid-cache.org/). And this is quite a feature!
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How to monitor web activity on home network
If your router is compatible with custom firmware (Tomato or DD-WRT) you can flash it and use the logging features of those platforms. Otherwise no there isn't really an "app or software" that can do this, you need a piece of hardware that sits between the LAN devices and the internet connection. That can be a full-fledged computer, if you're willing to use it as firewall or router (pfSense), DNS server (PowerDNS) or proxy server (Squid).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Redbird and Squid you can also consider the following projects:
Nginx Proxy Manager - Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface
socks5-proxy-server - SOCKS5 proxy server
miniProxy
Tinyproxy - tinyproxy - a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems
traefik - The Cloud Native Application Proxy
envoy - Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
HAProxy - HAProxy documentation
sish - HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH.