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Quilkin is a non-transparent UDP proxy specifically designed for use with large scale multiplayer dedicated game server deployments, to ensure security, access control, telemetry data, metrics and more.
https://github.com/googleforgames/quilkin

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Quilkin is a non-transparent UDP proxy specifically designed for use with large scale multiplayer dedicated game server deployments, to ensure security, access control, telemetry data, metrics and more.

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Quilkin is a non-transparent UDP proxy specifically designed for use with large scale multiplayer dedicated game 

servers deployments that ensures security, access control, telemetry data, metrics and more without the end user 

having to custom build and integrate this functionality into their game clients and servers directly.



## Announcements



* [Embark Studios: Say hi to Quilkin, an open-source UDP proxy](https://medium.com/embarkstudios/say-hi-to-quilkin-an-open-source-udp-proxy-88577c795204)

* [Google Cloud: Introducing Quilkin: open-source UDP proxies built for game server communication](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gaming/introducing-quilkin)



## Project State



Project is currently in *beta* status, meaning that it is being actively developed, and being used in production

systems, but that the API may break and functionality may be changed or removed between releases.



## Documentation



### Releases



* v0.9.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.9.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.9.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.9.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.8.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.8.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.8.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.8.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.7.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.7.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.7.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.7.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.6.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.6.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.6.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.6.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.5.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.5.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.5.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.5.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.4.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.4.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.4.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.4.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.3.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.3.0/book/),

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.3.0/api/quilkin/),

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.3.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.2.0 ([guides](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.2.0/book/), 

  [api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.2.0/api/quilkin/), 

  [macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/v0.2.0/api/quilkin_macros/))

* v0.1.0 ([guides](https://github.com/googleforgames/quilkin/blob/v0.1.0/README.md#usage), 

  [api](https://docs.rs/quilkin/0.1.0/quilkin/), [macros](https://docs.rs/quilkin-macros/0.1.0/quilkin_macros/)).



### Development



> This documentation is for the development version of Quilkin, currently active on the `main` branch. To view the 

> documentation for a specific release, click on the appropriate release documentation link above.



* [Guide](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/main/book/)

* [Api](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/main/api/quilkin/)

* [Macros](https://googleforgames.github.io/quilkin/main/api/quilkin_macros/)



## Code of Conduct



Participation in this project comes under the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](code-of-conduct.md)



## Development and Contribution



Please read the [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) guide for directions on writing code and submitting Pull Requests.



Quilkin is in active development - we would love your help in shaping its future!



## Community



There are lots of ways to engage with the Quilkin community:



* Here on [Github](https://github.com/googleforgames/quilkin) via 

  [issues](https://github.com/googleforgames/quilkin/issues) and 

  [pull requests](https://github.com/googleforgames/quilkin/pulls).

* Join our [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/quilkin-discuss), which also gives you access to

  our continuous integration builds.

* Join our [Discord chat server](https://discord.gg/mfBNZjBDnc).

* Follow up on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/quilkindev).

* Join our monthly community meetings ([webcal](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_9mgnkieltlphoijg5uio0g6a14%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles),

  [ical](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_9mgnkieltlphoijg5uio0g6a14%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics),

  [recordings](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkWKwFGACw1oG-qbKQZBlAKAfuG_XpTd)).



## Credits



Many concepts and architectural decisions were inspired by [Envoy Proxy](https://www.envoyproxy.io/). 

Huge thanks to that team for the inspiration they provided with all their hard work. 



## Companies using Quilkin



[Embark Studios](https://www.embark-studios.com/)



## Licence



Apache 2.0



Quilly, the Quilkin mascot