| Crates.io | netstack-smoltcp |
| lib.rs | netstack-smoltcp |
| version | 0.2.0 |
| created_at | 2024-04-10 07:43:15.004846+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-08-16 08:27:40.926919+00 |
| description | A netstack for the special purpose of turning packets from/to a TUN interface into TCP streams and UDP packets. It uses smoltcp-rs as the backend netstack. |
| homepage | https://github.com/cavivie/netstack-smoltcp |
| repository | https://github.com/cavive/netstack-smoltcp |
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| id | 1203235 |
| size | 114,406 |
Is this really a fork? No, it's definitely not what you think. I lost my admin privileges on the original upstream org, but that wasn't me. Imagine how many orgs on GitHub are backed by companies, individuals, or something else entirely. You should submit issues and pull requests in this repository, not the upstream org. I'm fed up with those orgs masquerading as open source. They manipulate my privileges at will, and I've lost the confidence to continue maintaining them. Perhaps that's not confidence, but trust.
A netstack for the special purpose of turning packets from/to a TUN interface into TCP streams and UDP packets. It uses smoltcp-rs as the backend netstack.
This crate provides lightweight netstack support for Linux, iOS, macOS, Android and Windows. Currently, it works on most targets, but mainly tested the popular platforms which includes:
// let device = tun2::create_as_async(&cfg)?;
// let framed = device.into_framed();
let (stack, runner, udp_socket, tcp_listener) = netstack_smoltcp::StackBuilder::default()
.stack_buffer_size(512)
.tcp_buffer_size(4096)
.enable_udp(true)
.enable_tcp(true)
.enable_icmp(true)
.build()
.unwrap();
let mut udp_socket = udp_socket.unwrap(); // udp enabled
let mut tcp_listener = tcp_listener.unwrap(); // tcp/icmp enabled
if let Some(runner) = runner {
tokio::spawn(runner);
}
let (mut stack_sink, mut stack_stream) = stack.split();
let (mut tun_sink, mut tun_stream) = framed.split();
// Reads packet from stack and sends to TUN.
tokio::spawn(async move {
while let Some(pkt) = stack_stream.next().await {
if let Ok(pkt) = pkt {
tun_sink.send(pkt).await.unwrap();
}
}
});
// Reads packet from TUN and sends to stack.
tokio::spawn(async move {
while let Some(pkt) = tun_stream.next().await {
if let Ok(pkt) = pkt {
stack_sink.send(pkt).await.unwrap();
}
}
});
// Extracts TCP connections from stack and sends them to the dispatcher.
tokio::spawn(async move {
handle_inbound_stream(tcp_listener).await;
});
// Receive and send UDP packets between netstack and NAT manager. The NAT
// manager would maintain UDP sessions and send them to the dispatcher.
tokio::spawn(async move {
handle_inbound_datagram(udp_socket).await;
});
This project is licensed under either of
at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in netstack-smoltcp by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
Special thanks to these amazing projects that inspired netstack-smoltcp (in no particular order):