# csujedihy/proximac

An open-source alternative to proxifier

Repository: https://github.com/csujedihy/proximac
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/proximac
Language: C
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: traffic, tcp
Last push: 2021-08-21T22:07:11+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": 4130, "days_push": 1838, "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 1560, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.760243+00:00)

## What it is
Proximac is an open-source command-line alternative to Proxifier that forces any application's traffic through a SOCKS5 proxy on macOS. It works via a kernel extension and also supports a VPN-like mode that forwards all system traffic to a proxy.

## Use cases
- force an app to use a socks5 proxy on mac
- route specific applications through a proxy without configuring them
- proxy all system traffic without a vpn
- open-source alternative to proxifier
- forward app traffic through shadowsocks socks5 proxy
- use socks5 authentication for per-app proxying

## When to choose
- you need per-application SOCKS5 proxying on macOS
- you want a free, open-source Proxifier replacement
- you want to route all system traffic through a local SOCKS5 proxy instead of a VPN

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows - it only works on macOS
- you need a maintained tool - the last release was 2021 and it requires disabling SIP/kext restrictions
- you want a GUI tool rather than a command-line utility with config files

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, networking, security, cli
- domain: networking, privacy, security
- platform: cli
- tags: socks5, proxifier-alternative, traffic-forwarding, kernel-extension, vpn-mode, libuv, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- csujedihy/proximac (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.760243+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 2026-08-30T04:29:46.799579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/csujedihy/proximac (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.760243+00:00, sha 83c2d9fc0ac8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.