Squid

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Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

License model

Free • Open Source

Application type

Proxy Service

Platforms

Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
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FreeBSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD

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Properties

Privacy focused

Features

No registration required
No Tracking
Ad-free
HTTP Proxy

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Squid information

Developed by
Unknown
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
Written in
C++
Alternatives
24 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English

AlternativeTo Categories

File Sharing, Security & Privacy, Network & Admin

GitHub repository

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564 Forks
147 Open Issues
Updated Jul 14, 2025

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Squid, and it has gotten 58 likes

Squid was added to AlternativeTo by Pablo_Mendoza on Jan 30, 2010 and this page was last updated Sep 14, 2024.

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Artemp

CommentOct 16, 2013

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No open source proxy server alternative for Windows? :(

Danilo_Venom

CommentOct 18, 2013

There are Polipo icon Polipo and Proximodo icon Proximodo .

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What is Squid?

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

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