# tcurdt/iProxy

Let's you connect your laptop to the iPhone to surf the web.

Repository: https://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iproxy
Homepage: http://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-15T22:34:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6070, "days_push": 779, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1223, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.587696+00:00)

## What it is
An iOS application that runs an HTTP and SOCKS proxy on a jailbreak-free iPhone, letting a laptop share the phone's internet connection without paying carrier tethering fees. It requires a developer certificate to install and is a lightweight alternative to official tethering.

## Use cases
- share iphone internet connection with laptop without carrier tethering fee
- run a socks proxy on iphone without jailbreak
- avoid paying mobile carrier for tethering profile
- occasional laptop internet access via iphone
- connect laptop to web through iphone http proxy

## When to choose
- you have an Apple developer certificate and want free tethering without jailbreaking
- you only occasionally need to share your iPhone's connection with a laptop

## When to avoid
- you need convenient, one-click official tethering
- you cannot sign the app with a developer certificate
- you need a polished, actively developed solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, networking, http-server
- domain: networking, privacy, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: tethering, socks-proxy, iphone, mobile-hotspot-alternative, http-proxy, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- tcurdt/iProxy (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.587696+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 2026-08-30T06:15:35.153501+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.587696+00:00, sha 8c5fb1c504b1)
  - homepage: http://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy (fetched 2026-08-29T12:23:46.886107+00:00, sha 8d35e9345a55)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.