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Qdrant vs ProxyPool
Qdrant has 34,694 GitHub stars, 2,685 forks, 704 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ProxyPool has 6,249 stars, 2,228 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Qdrant leads on adoption by 455% (34,694 vs 6,249 stars). Qdrant is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; ProxyPool is written in Python under MIT. Qdrant has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, ProxyPool 36%. Qdrant was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| Qdrant | ProxyPool | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 35K | ★ 6.2K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-07-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 2.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Qdrant if
- You weight community size — 35K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ProxyPool if
- You want the ProxyPool feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and ProxyPool fits your workflow better
About Qdrant
Qdrant is a vector similarity search engine and database built in Rust, designed for production use in AI applications. It stores, manages, and retrieves high dimensional vectors alongside associated metadata (payloads), supporting fast nearest neighbor search with filtering. It solves the problem of efficiently performing semantic or neural based matching at scale—such as finding similar images, recommending content, or powering retrieval augmented generation (RAG)—by replacing slow or inflexible brute force or index based approaches with a purpose built engine optimized for vector operations.…
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About ProxyPool
ProxyPool is an MIT licensed Python proxy pool that continuously scrapes free public proxy sources, validates them through scheduled testing, stores them in Redis, and serves working proxies over a random selection HTTP API for web scraping and spider projects.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Qdrant or ProxyPool more popular?
Qdrant has 34,694 GitHub stars and ProxyPool has 6,249. Qdrant has the larger community by that measure.
Are Qdrant and ProxyPool free?
Both are open source. Qdrant is licensed under Apache-2.0 and ProxyPool under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Qdrant and ProxyPool?
Qdrant is written in Rust and ProxyPool 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, Qdrant or ProxyPool?
Choose Qdrant if you want the larger community (34,694 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose ProxyPool if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.