# mellow-io/mellow

Mellow is a rule-based global transparent proxy client for Windows, macOS and Linux. Also a Proxifier alternative.

Repository: https://github.com/mellow-io/mellow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mellow
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: proxy, vpn, proxifier-alternative
Last push: 2022-12-10T21:55:04+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": 2591, "days_push": 1362, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3545, forks 444 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:09.395491+00:00)

## What it is
Mellow is a rule-based global transparent proxy client for Windows, macOS and Linux, functioning as a Proxifier alternative that routes all system traffic. It supports routing rules based on domain, IP, GEOIP, and process, with multiple protocols and outbound endpoints, built on go-tun2socks.

## Use cases
- proxy all traffic on my desktop transparently
- route traffic by process or domain rules like Proxifier
- split traffic across multiple proxy protocols and exits
- use GEOIP-based routing rules for a global proxy
- find a Proxifier alternative for Linux or macOS

## When to choose
- you need system-wide transparent proxying with fine-grained rule-based routing on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want a free open-source Proxifier alternative

## When to avoid
- you need maintained software - the project is explicitly unmaintained (Windows users are pointed to Maple)
- you need a license-guaranteed usage or commercial support
- you need mobile or server-side proxying

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: proxy, networking, privacy
- domain: networking, privacy, censorship-circumvention, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: transparent-proxy, proxifier-alternative, tun2socks, rule-based-routing, traffic-splitting, unmaintained, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- mellow-io/mellow (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.395491+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 2026-08-29T18:34:25.432443+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mellow-io/mellow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.395491+00:00, sha 75d6b616c2f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.