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A SOCKS5 Proxy server written in Rust

🎁 Features

• Written in 100% Safe Rust™
• Multi-threaded connection handler
• Lightweight (Less than 0.6% CPU usage while surfing the web/streaming YouTube)
• Standalone binary (no system dependencies)
• 1+ Gb/second connection speeds (On Gigabit LAN network over ethernet. Results may vary!)
• Tunable logging (by flags or RUST_LOG environmental variable)
• Allowed list (NoAuth is always offered for such clients)
• Telegram bot (access list manipulation)
• SOCKS5 Compatible Authentication methods:
  • NoAuth
  • Username & Password
  • GSSAPI Coming Soon!

📦 Installation & 🏃 Usage

Installation

cargo install merino

OR

git clone https://github.com/ajmwagar/merino
cd merino
cargo install --path .

Usage

# Start a SOCKS5 Proxy server listening on port 1080 without authentication
merino --no-auth

# Use username/password authentication and read users from users.csv
merino --users users.csv

# Use Telegram bot
# `--bot` currently not used, pass `TELOXIDE_TOKEN` env variable wwith token
TELOXIDE_TOKEN=111:AAA merino --bot bot.token -a allowed.txt

# Display a help menu
merino --help 

🚥 Roadmap

• IPV6 Support
• SOCKS5 Authentication Methods
  • NOAUTH
  • USERPASS
  • GSSAPI Coming Soon!
• Custom plugin/middleware support
• SOCKS5 Commands
  • CONNECT
  • BIND
  • ASSOCIATE
• Benchmarks & Unit tests
• Actix based backend
• SOCKS4/SOCKS4a Support