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Outline Server

Outline Server is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Proxy & VPN category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 6,256 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/OutlineFoundation/outline-server

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
6,256
Forks
875
Open issues
153
Commits, last 12 months
16
Last commit
Oct 22, 2026
Latest release
server-v1.12.3Feb 24, 2025
Created
Mar 13, 2018
License
Apache-2.0Open source

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Project health

MaintainedMaintained: last commit Oct 22, 2026.

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Last commitOct 22, 2026
Commits, last 12 months16
Latest releaseserver-v1.12.3 (Feb 24, 2025)
Releases, last 12 months0
Releases, all time1,019
Open issues153
Open pull requests31
Good first issues3
Contributing guideYes
Security policyNo
CreatedMar 13, 2018

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About Outline Server

A proxy server that runs a Shadowsocks instance for each access key and a REST API to manage the access keys.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/OutlineFoundation/outline-server.

Topics

  • shadowsocks
  • docker
  • linux
  • proxy-server
  • outline
  • outline-vpn

Repository preview

Outline Server repository previewOutlineFoundation/outline-serverOpen repository

FAQ

Outline Server FAQ

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Is Outline Server free and open source?

Yes. Outline Server is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Outline Server with Docker?

Yes. Outline Server provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Outline Server?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Outline Server include frp, Headscale and NetBird.

Is Outline Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Outline Server was on Oct 22, 2026 with 16 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is server-v1.12.3, published Feb 24, 2025. It had 153 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.