haad/proxychains
proxychains - a tool that forces any TCP connection made by any given application to follow through proxy like TOR or any other SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or HTTP(S) proxy. Supported auth-types: "user/pass" for SOCKS4/5, "basic" for HTTP. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5668
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 817
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7938 stars · 679 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ProxyChains is a UNIX command-line tool that forces TCP connections and DNS lookups of any dynamically linked program through SOCKS4/5 or HTTP(S) proxies, including TOR. It works by hooking network-related libc functions via a preloaded shared library and supports chaining multiple proxies together.
Use cases
- route any program's traffic through tor or a socks proxy
- hide my ip address when using ssh or wget
- access the internet from behind a restrictive firewall
- chain multiple proxies together for a tcp connection
- resolve dns through a proxy to reach onion urls
- run nmap or apt through a proxy server
When to choose
- you need to proxify existing dynamically linked unix programs without modifying them
- you want to tunnel TCP and DNS through SOCKS4/5, HTTP, or TOR proxies
- you need to mix different proxy types in one chain
When to avoid
- the target program is statically linked or uses a different libc
- you need per-application GUI proxy configuration on Windows
- you need a transparent system-wide VPN-style solution
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
proxy networking security privacy security privacy networking censorship-circumvention bsd cli proxifier socks5 http-proxy tor ld-preload dns-tunneling c command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/haad/proxychains · fetched 2026-08-28 · 670561ccb16c
- homepage: http://proxychains.sourceforge.net/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 584e13ecb8aa
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| haad/proxychains | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="haad/proxychains")
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