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dae

eBPF-based transparent proxy with traffic splitting

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 6.3k stars Hard setup AGPL-3.0

dae is a high-performance transparent proxy solution that uses eBPF for kernel-level traffic interception and flexible routing rules. It is self-hosted on Linux as a single binary or service.

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Key features

  • eBPF transparent proxy
  • Kernel-level routing
  • Traffic splitting
  • Low overhead

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Mature project with 6.3k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM

Is dae secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for dae's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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