# Squid

Caching proxy for the web, written in C++, supporting HTTP, HTTPS and FTP and usable as a server accelerator.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/squid/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.squid-cache.org
- repository: https://github.com/squid-cache/squid
- docs: https://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Squid Software Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: os-packages

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPLv2+

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3133
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 192
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.squid-cache.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/squid-cache/squid (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squid-cache/squid/master/README (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://www.squid-cache.org/Foundation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://www.squid-cache.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/squid-cache/squid (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squid-cache/squid/master/INSTALL (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/InstallingSquid (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squid-cache/squid/master/README (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://www.squid-cache.org/Foundation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/ (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/squid-cache/squid/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/squid-cache/squid (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/squid-cache/squid/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Squid is a caching proxy for the web that supports HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. Its own site describes it as a server accelerator for websites. The project's FAQ describes starting it in the background as a daemon process.

It can be built from source with configure and make, installed from the packages of an operating system, or downloaded as a binary package for several platforms.

## Worth knowing

The developers support only the latest stable release series. Support for older series may come from distributions or third parties.

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