Anorov/PySocks
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A SOCKS proxy client and wrapper for Python. observed · 2026-10-07
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5356
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1192
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1279 stars · 266 forks observed · 2026-10-07
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PySocks is a Python library that lets you route TCP (and mostly UDP) traffic through SOCKS4, SOCKS5, and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers. It acts as a drop-in replacement for the standard socket module and underpins SOCKS proxy support in libraries like requests.
Use cases
- route python socket traffic through a socks5 proxy
- make requests use a socks proxy
- connect through tor with python
- monkeypatch python sockets to use a default proxy
- add socks4/socks5 support to a python app
When to choose
- you need SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxying at the socket level in Python
- you want requests to support socks5:// proxy URLs
- you need a drop-in socket.socket replacement with proxy support
When to avoid
- you only need HTTP proxying - use your HTTP client's native proxy support
- you need reliable UDP proxying in all edge cases
- you want a maintained library with active development
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
proxy http-client networking networking privacy developer-tools python cross-platform socks-proxy socks4 socks5 socket-wrapper requests-integration
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Anorov/PySocks · fetched 2026-10-07 · 7a78c848cd4e
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pysocks/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 624a0c23a2f2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Anorov/PySocks | main | 23 |
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