# alexkirsz/dispatch-proxy

Combine internet connections, increase your download speed

Repository: https://github.com/alexkirsz/dispatch-proxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dispatch-proxy
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-05-01T20:03:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4667, "days_push": 1585, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3486, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.000344+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js command-line utility that runs a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy balancing traffic across multiple internet connections (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, 3G/4G). It lets users combine the bandwidth of several network interfaces into one load-balanced connection.

## Use cases
- combine multiple internet connections into one faster connection
- increase download speed by aggregating Wi-Fi and 4G bandwidth
- run a SOCKS proxy that load-balances across network interfaces
- assign different apps to different network interfaces via separate proxies
- share a combined Ethernet and 4G connection with mobile devices through a hotspot proxy

## When to choose
- you have several simultaneous internet connections and want to pool their bandwidth
- you need a simple cross-platform SOCKS/HTTP proxy bound to specific network interfaces
- you use a threaded download manager and want to combine connection speeds

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the project is archived; use the modern rewrite (dispatch) instead
- you need per-connection load balancing beyond simple traffic dispatch
- you don't want to install Node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: proxy, networking, cli
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: socks5-proxy, http-proxy, load-balancing, multi-interface, bandwidth-aggregation, archived, command-line, linux, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- alexkirsz/dispatch-proxy (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.000344+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:36:23.328290+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alexkirsz/dispatch-proxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.000344+00:00, sha f18af87dd915)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.