# windtf/wireproxy

Wireguard client that exposes itself as a socks5 proxy

Repository: https://github.com/windtf/wireproxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wireproxy
Language: Go
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: wireguard, socks5, proxy, network, socks5-proxy, wireguard-tunnel, vpn, golang
Last push: 2026-08-17T09:53:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1636, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5771, forks 400 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:29.438514+00:00)

## What it is
wireproxy is a userspace WireGuard client written in Go that exposes a WireGuard connection as a SOCKS5/HTTP proxy or TCP tunnels, without requiring root or a network interface. It supports static TCP routing, transparent TLS (SNI) proxying, daemon mode, and health status endpoints.

## Use cases
- route browser traffic through a wireguard peer via a socks5 proxy
- use wireguard without root or creating a network interface
- proxy only certain sites through a wireguard tunnel
- run a wireguard tunnel in the background as a daemon
- expose a wireguard connection as an http proxy
- statically route TCP traffic through a wireguard peer

## When to choose
- you need selective per-application proxying over wireguard rather than a full VPN tunnel
- you cannot or do not want to use root privileges or kernel network interfaces
- you want a lightweight userspace wireguard client with socks5/http proxy support

## When to avoid
- you need a full system VPN with a tun interface
- you need UDP proxying, which is not yet supported in SOCKS5
- you need a graphical VPN client

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, vpn, networking, http-server, cli
- domain: networking, privacy, security, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: wireguard, socks5-proxy, userspace-vpn, tunneling, sni-proxy, no-root, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- windtf/wireproxy (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.438514+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 2026-08-29T17:52:54.880231+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/windtf/wireproxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.438514+00:00, sha db034b1b1e74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.