rofl0r/proxychains-ng
proxychains ng (new generation) - a preloader which hooks calls to sockets in dynamically linked programs and redirects it through one or more socks/http proxies. continuation of the unmaintained proxychains project. the sf.net page is currently not updated, use releases from github release page instead. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
58/100
- Activity 79
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 5478
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 129
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
10672 stars · 1113 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ProxyChains-NG is a UNIX CLI tool that uses LD_PRELOAD to hook socket-related libc functions in dynamically linked programs and redirect their TCP connections through SOCKS4a/5 or HTTP proxies. It is the actively maintained continuation of the original proxychains project and supports Linux, BSD, Mac, and Haiku.
Use cases
- force a command-line tool through a socks proxy
- route curl or ssh traffic through multiple proxies
- hide my real ip when running a program from the terminal
- chain socks and http proxies for tcp connections
- proxy a dynamically linked program without modifying its code
- circumvent censorship by tunneling cli apps through proxies
When to choose
- you need to proxy existing dynamically linked binaries without changing them
- you want to chain multiple socks/http proxies for TCP traffic
- you work on Linux, BSD, or macOS and want a simple preloader-based solution
When to avoid
- your program needs UDP or ICMP traffic, since only TCP is supported
- your target is a statically linked binary, a script, or uses dlopen heavily
- you need robust transparent proxying - an iptables-based solution is more reliable
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
proxy networking security cli networking security privacy censorship-circumvention developer-tools bsd cli ld-preload socks-proxy http-proxy proxy-chaining tcp-only c hooking command-line linux macos
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng · fetched 2026-08-28 · 68500f5adcdc
- homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/proxychains-ng/files · fetched 2026-08-29 · f28185cc0fb7
- site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 47a5f3730d75
- site_page: https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Docs%20Home · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cca19403dfa
- site_page: https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Release%20Files%20for%20Download · fetched 2026-08-29 · b50bb03ff6ed
- site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about/leadership · fetched 2026-08-29 · bfffa8fdd816
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rofl0r/proxychains-ng | main | 58 |
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