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Squid (software)

Squid is a caching and forwarding HTTP web proxy. It has a wide variety of uses, including speeding up a web server by caching repeated requests, caching World Wide Web (WWW), Domain Name System (DNS), and other network lookups for a group of people sharing network resources, and aiding security by filtering traffic. Although used for mainly HTTP and…

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Developers
Duane Wessels, Henrik Nordström, Amos Jeffries, Alex Rousskov, Francesco Chemolli, Robert Collins, Guido Serassio and volunteers
License
GPL 2.0 or later
Operating system
BSD, Linux, Unix, Windows
Release
July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07)
Repository
github.com/squid-cache/squid
Stable release
7.6 / 8 June 2026

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Squid (software)

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples17
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

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Squid (software)

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Developers · 1
Squid (software) → Duane Wessels, Henrik Nordström, Amos Jeffries, Alex Rousskov, Francesco Chemolli, Robert Collins, Guido Serassio and volunteers
License · 1
Squid (software) → GPL 2.0 or later
Operating system · 1
Squid (software) → BSD, Linux, Unix, Windows
Release · 1
Squid (software) → July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07)
Repository · 1
Squid (software) → github.com/squid-cache/squid
Stable release · 1
Squid (software) → 7.6 / 8 June 2026
Type · 1
Squid (software) → Proxy server
Website · 1
Squid (software) → www.squid-cache.org
Written in · 1
Squid (software) → C++

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squid proxy server http web requests windows reverse caching internet clients cache used protocol partial use including security systems www

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Squid (software)DevelopersDuane Wessels, Henrik Nordström, Amos Jeffries, Alex Rousskov, Francesco Chemolli, Robert Collins, Guido Serassio and volunteers1.00infobox
Squid (software)LicenseGPL 2.0 or later1.00infobox
Squid (software)Operating systemBSD, Linux, Unix, Windows1.00infobox
Squid (software)ReleaseJuly 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07)1.00infobox
Squid (software)Repositorygithub.com/squid-cache/squid1.00infobox
Squid (software)Stable release7.6 / 8 June 20261.00infobox
Squid (software)TypeProxy server1.00infobox
Squid (software)Websitewww.squid-cache.org1.00infobox
Squid (software)Written inC++1.00infobox
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the server can begin to send data from the middle of the fileinstance ofThis feature is used extensively by video streaming websites0.80text

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