Cloudflare Quiche by cloudflare
Savoury implementation of the QUIC transport protocol and HTTP/3
About Cloudflare Quiche
From the project's README at github.com/cloudflare/quiche. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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[quiche] is an implementation of the QUIC transport protocol and HTTP/3 as specified by the [IETF]. It provides a low level API for processing QUIC packets and handling connection state. The application is responsible for providing I/O (e.g. sockets handling) as well as an event loop with support for timers.
For more information on how quiche came about and some insights into its design you can read a [post] on Cloudflare's blog that goes into some more detail.
[quiche]: https://docs.quic.tech/quiche/ [ietf]: https://quicwg.org/ [post]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/enjoy-a-slice-of-quic-and-rust/
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 11k | github.com/cloudflare/quiche |
| GitHub forks | 981 | github.com/cloudflare/quiche |
| Docker Hub pulls | 9.0k | hub.docker.com / cloudflare |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 494k | quiche |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 7.6 years | since Sep 2018 |
| Last commit | 8 days ago | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 38 | last: 9 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
GHSA-m3hh-f9gh-74c2. What people say on Hacker News
- Show HN: Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok
- Cloudflare Open Sources Tokio‑Quiche, Promising Easier QUIC and HTTP/3 in Rust
- Cloudflare Makes Open-Source the Rust Code to Tokio-Quiche
- Async QUIC and HTTP/3 made easy: Tokio-quiche is now open-source
- Async QUIC and HTTP/3 made easy: Tokio-quiche is now open-source
Ready to self-host Cloudflare Quiche?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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