shunf4/proxychains-windows
Windows and Cygwin port of proxychains, based on MinHook and DLL Injection observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2418
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1389
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1143 stars · 134 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Windows and Cygwin port of proxychains that forces dynamically linked Win32 or Cygwin programs' TCP connections through one or more SOCKS5 proxies. It works by injecting a DLL and hooking Winsock functions in Ws2_32.dll using MinHook.
Use cases
- route a Windows command-line program through a SOCKS5 proxy
- force a Cygwin tool's traffic through a proxy chain
- hide my real IP when running a Windows app
- proxy a program that has no built-in proxy support
- test how an application behaves behind a SOCKS5 proxy
- circumvent network restrictions for specific Windows executables
When to choose
- you need proxychains-like SOCKS5 proxying on Windows or Cygwin
- the target program is dynamically linked and has no native proxy settings
- you want a lightweight CLI proxifier without changing system-wide proxy settings
When to avoid
- you need guaranteed anonymity or strong security guarantees
- the target program is statically linked
- you need HTTP proxy support or proxy authentication beyond SOCKS5
- you need a stable, production-grade tool - it is hack-based and may crash programs
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
proxy networking security privacy censorship-circumvention networking developer-tools windows cli socks5 dll-injection api-hooking proxifier cygwin proxychains command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/shunf4/proxychains-windows · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8f6a89863c46
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| shunf4/proxychains-windows | main | 23 |
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