Decision Workspace
soxide vs fast-socks5 vs socks5-impl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
soxide
experimentalv0.2.0
A lightweight SOCKS5 proxy
63
fast-socks5
stablev1.0.0
Fast SOCKS5 client/server implementation written in Rust async/.await (tokio)
56
socks5-impl
growingv0.8.1
Fundamental abstractions and async read / write functions for SOCKS5 protocol and Relatively low-level asynchronized SOCKS5 server implementation based on tokio
Core Metrics
| soxide | fast-socks5 | socks5-impl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 63 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 330 | 1.5M | 264.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 134.1K | 19.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 256 | 151 |
| Releases | 1 | 30 | 55 |
| Last Updated | 190d ago | 66d ago | 44d ago |
| Age | 6m | 6y 2m | 3y 2m |
Health Breakdown
soxide
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
fast-socks5
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
socks5-impl
Maintenance
16
Quality
10
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| soxide | fast-socks5 | socks5-impl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.0.0 | 0.8.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 44KB | 51KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.3% | 14.5% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fast-socks5 leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fast-socks5 is depended on by 256 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •soxide, socks5-impl are pre-1.0 — API may change.