TQUIC by Tencent
A high-performance, lightweight, and cross-platform QUIC library
About TQUIC
From the project's README at github.com/Tencent/tquic. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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TQUIC is a high-performance, lightweight, and cross-platform library for the IETF QUIC protocol. Advantages
High performance: TQUIC is designed for high performance and low latency. Relevant details can be found in the benchmark result.
Pluggable congestion control: TQUIC supports various congestion control algorithms, including CUBIC, BBR, BBRv3, and COPA.
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 | 1.4k | github.com/Tencent/tquic |
| GitHub forks | 144 | github.com/Tencent/tquic |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 1.4k | tquic |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 2.7 years | since Oct 2023 |
| Last commit | 6 months ago | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 24 | last: 1.3 years 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 → |
What people say on Hacker News
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