fatedier/frp

A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

109.9k stars · 15.2k forks · Go

Caution

Caution: one person wrote most of the recent commits.

Why

One person wrote 87% of human commits in the last year, so the project depends on them continuing. (source 1, source 2)

What would change this

A second person takes a substantial share of commits.

Maintenance

Complete

Active

Human commits, 30 days: 14
Human commits, 90 days: 56
Human commits, 365 days: 179
Bot share of commits, 365 days: 0%
Last commit: Oct 14, 2026 (1 day ago)
Last human commit: Oct 14, 2026 (1 day ago)
Authors, 90 days: 11
Last release: Oct 14, 2026 (21 hours ago)
Median PR merge time: under an hour

Responsiveness: of 29 recent issues, 28% got a maintainer reply. Median first response: 8 days.

Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues

People

Complete

Owner: Personal account
Commits sampled: 179 since Oct 14, 2025
Authors for half of commits: 1
Authors for 80% of commits: 1
Contributors: 138

Top committers

fatedier: 87% of commits
alexandear: 2% of commits
barkure: 1% of commits
dhairyajangir: 1% of commits
shani1998: 1% of commits

Sources: Commits, Contributors

Stars

Complete

Organic, confidence high

Bars show stars gained each week. Orange bars overlap a burst.

Bursts

Jul 14, 2016 to Jul 16, 2016: about 41 more stars than usual, peak 19 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Aug 2, 2016 to Aug 5, 2016: about 271 more stars than usual, peak 97 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Aug 11, 2016 to Aug 20, 2016: about 935 more stars than usual, peak 530 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 16, 2016 to Oct 17, 2016: about 70 more stars than usual, peak 40 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 11, 2016 to Nov 11, 2016: about 27 more stars than usual, peak 32 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Nov 22, 2016 to Nov 23, 2016: about 77 more stars than usual, peak 63 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Dec 21, 2016 to Dec 23, 2016: about 121 more stars than usual, peak 79 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jan 9, 2017 to Jan 12, 2017: about 94 more stars than usual, peak 44 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
May 6, 2017 to May 10, 2017: about 123 more stars than usual, peak 63 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Sep 8, 2020 to Sep 8, 2020: about 116 more stars than usual, peak 138 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 10, 2021 to Oct 15, 2021: about 396 more stars than usual, peak 172 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 16, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021: about 152 more stars than usual, peak 157 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 24, 2022: about 67 more stars than usual, peak 73 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 3, 2022 to Apr 3, 2022: about 65 more stars than usual, peak 96 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 17, 2022 to Jul 18, 2022: about 104 more stars than usual, peak 108 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 3, 2023 to Aug 11, 2023: about 413 more stars than usual, peak 100 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 17, 2024 to Dec 20, 2024: about 377 more stars than usual, peak 193 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 12, 2025 to Aug 13, 2025: about 92 more stars than usual, peak 100 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 10, 2025 to Dec 18, 2025: about 587 more stars than usual, peak 176 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.

10 stars GitHub has since removed (tracked since Oct 13, 2026).

Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.

The star history looks organic.

Sources: How star history is analyzed

Risk

Complete

Flags

No risk flags.

License

Now: Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved)
A year ago: Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved)

Packages

github.com/fatedier/frp (GO): latest v0.71.1, published Oct 14, 2026
Advisories for the latest version: none listed

Package and advisory data: deps.dev and OSV.

OpenSSF Scorecard: 5.1 out of 10 (via deps.dev).

Sources: GitHub: fatedier/frp, deps.dev: Go github.com/fatedier/frp

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Earlier verdicts

Oct 14, 2026: Caution
Oct 13, 2026: Caution
Oct 13, 2026: Caution

Computed 19 hours ago · method 2026.10.2