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cephvssocks5-proxy-server

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

cephsocks5-proxy-server
Score78/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Distributed Storage#5 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars17 179145
Stars, last 30 days+110—
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v1.20.0 · 29 Nov 2025
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageCJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

ceph scores 78/100 against 43/100 for socks5-proxy-server, so it is the safer default.

socks5-proxy-server ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ceph.

If you want the quickest setup, socks5-proxy-server is easier to run; ceph needs more configuration.

ceph is growing faster right now (+110 stars in 30 days).

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