# alibaba/lightproxy

💎 Cross platform Web debugging proxy

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/lightproxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lightproxy
Homepage: https://lightproxy.org/
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: whistle, proxy, electron, debug, lightproxy, light, typescript, devtools, chrome
Last push: 2023-03-06T15:05:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2442, "days_push": 1276, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3217, forks 274 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:49.625837+00:00)

## What it is
LightProxy is a cross-platform desktop web debugging proxy built on Electron and whistle, offering out-of-the-box certificate installation and system proxy configuration. It provides hosts management, request capture, rewriting, and mock capabilities with support for custom Node.js proxy rules.

## Use cases
- intercept and inspect http/https traffic on my machine
- mock api responses during frontend development
- set up a local web debugging proxy on mac or windows
- rewrite requests and override hosts for testing
- capture network traffic with automatic certificate install
- debug mobile device traffic through a desktop proxy

## When to choose
- you want an out-of-the-box GUI debugging proxy without manual certificate and proxy setup
- you need whistle's rule engine with a friendly desktop interface
- you want to write custom Node.js logic in proxy rules

## When to avoid
- you need a headless or CLI-only proxy for CI environments
- you require a cross-platform Linux build
- you need actively developed software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, developer-tools, http-client
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, networking
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: web-debugging-proxy, whistle, packet-capture, request-mocking, hosts-management, certificate-install, debugging, macos, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- alibaba/lightproxy (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.625837+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 2026-08-29T18:44:55.106540+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/lightproxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.625837+00:00, sha 552079a9ca12)
  - homepage: https://lightproxy.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:14.510262+00:00, sha 0dc600c64d47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.