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GOST

Versatile secure tunneling and proxy toolkit

Remote Access & VPN ★ 7.6k stars Medium setup MIT

GOST is an open-source command-line tool that provides flexible secure tunneling and proxying with support for many protocols. It is self-hosted to build relay chains and forward traffic.

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Key features

  • Multi-protocol tunneling
  • Relay chaining
  • Port forwarding
  • Single binary

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 7.6k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go

Is GOST secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for GOST'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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SelfHostIndex: 91 · excellent

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