Decision Workspace
socks5-forwarder vs tobaru vs shadowsocks
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
31
socks5-forwarder
growingv0.1.0
Socks5 forwarder
48
tobaru
growingv0.9.4
Port forwarding CLI utility written in Rust with allowlists, TLS SNI and ALPN routing, HTTP forwarding, load balancing, IP-to-destination mapping, and iptables support.
63
shadowsocks
stablev1.24.0
shadowsocks is a fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls.
Core Metrics
| socks5-forwarder | tobaru | shadowsocks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 31 | 48 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 7.0K | 806.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 12 | 36.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 52 |
| Last Updated | 1718d ago | 32d ago | 107d ago |
| Age | 4y 8m | 4y 3m | 9y 6m |
Health Breakdown
socks5-forwarder
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
tobaru
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
shadowsocks
Maintenance
12
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| socks5-forwarder | tobaru | shadowsocks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.9.4 | 1.24.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 24 | 33 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 87KB | 100KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •shadowsocks leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shadowsocks is depended on by 110 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ socks5-forwarder has not been updated in over a year.
- •socks5-forwarder, tobaru are pre-1.0 — API may change.