# constverum/ProxyBroker

Proxy [Finder | Checker | Server]. HTTP(S) & SOCKS :performing_arts:

Repository: https://github.com/constverum/ProxyBroker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/proxybroker
Homepage: http://proxybroker.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: proxy, anonymity, privacy, socks, http-proxy, crawler, proxy-server, anonymous, proxy-checker, proxy-list, proxypool, proxies
Last push: 2024-03-18T18:41:12+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": 3979, "days_push": 898, "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 4159, forks 1171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:37.468802+00:00)

## What it is
ProxyBroker is an asynchronous Python tool that finds public HTTP(S) and SOCKS4/5 proxies from ~50 sources and concurrently checks their type, anonymity level, and response time. It also runs as a local proxy server that rotates requests through a pool of found proxies.

## Use cases
- find working public proxies
- check proxy anonymity level and speed
- scrape proxies from multiple sources into a list
- run a local rotating proxy server
- filter proxies by country and protocol
- get anonymous proxies for web scraping

## When to choose
- you need a pool of free public proxies for scraping or testing
- you want a CLI to find, check, and serve proxies in one tool
- you need automatic proxy rotation with anonymity filtering

## When to avoid
- you need reliable, paid, or private proxy infrastructure
- you need guaranteed uptime or legal compliance for production traffic
- you need a maintained library - development is infrequent and Python 3.5-era APIs may lag

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, web-scraping, http-client, cli, networking
- domain: privacy, crawlers, networking, security
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: proxy-finder, proxy-checker, proxy-server, socks, async, anonymity, proxy-rotation, command-line

## Member repositories
- constverum/ProxyBroker (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.468802+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 2026-08-29T18:22:49.887018+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/constverum/ProxyBroker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.468802+00:00, sha 47ff2991d0bd)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/proxybroker/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:06.825268+00:00, sha 01c0b7b23cc1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.