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lux vs proxy_pool
lux has 31,686 GitHub stars, 3,312 forks, 545 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. proxy_pool has 23,707 stars, 5,418 forks, 298 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. lux leads on adoption by 34% (31,686 vs 23,707 stars). lux is written in Go under MIT; proxy_pool is written in Python under MIT. lux has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, proxy_pool 23%. proxy_pool was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (crawler), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| lux | proxy_pool | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 24K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-03-29 | 2026-06-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 5.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick lux if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick proxy_pool if
- You want the proxy_pool feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and proxy_pool fits your workflow better
About lux
Lux is a video download library and command line tool written in Go, released under the MIT license. It ships as a single lux binary that takes one or more URLs and retrieves the underlying media streams, and it also exposes the downloading logic as a Go library that other programs can embed. The project has existed for roughly nine years and lives in the Go ecosystem, distributed through go install alongside the usual operating system package managers.
About proxy_pool
proxy pool is a self hosted Python proxy IP pool for web spiders that continuously collects, checks, and serves rotating HTTP proxies from public free proxy sources through a Redis backed pool.
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Frequently asked questions
Is lux or proxy_pool more popular?
lux has 31,686 GitHub stars and proxy_pool has 23,707. lux has the larger community by that measure.
Are lux and proxy_pool free?
Both are open source. lux is licensed under MIT and proxy_pool under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between lux and proxy_pool?
lux is written in Go and proxy_pool in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, lux or proxy_pool?
Choose lux if you want the larger community (31,686 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose proxy_pool if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.