The most comprehensive, curated list of proxy tools, libraries, servers, VPNs, and resources for developers, security researchers, and privacy advocates.

Whether you need HTTP proxies, SOCKS5 proxies, Shadowsocks, Trojan proxies, WireGuard VPN, or censorship circumvention tools — this list has you covered. Updated regularly by the community and the team at anonymous-proxies.net.

• Proxy Libraries & SDKs
• Shadowsocks & Variants
• Trojan & Censorship Circumvention
• WireGuard & VPN Tools
• Forward Proxies & HTTP/HTTPS Proxies
• SOCKS5 Proxy Servers
• Reverse Proxies & Load Balancers
• DNS Proxies & Encrypted DNS
• Proxy Clients & GUI Tools
• Web Scraping with Proxies
• Proxy Checkers & Validators
• Proxy Scrapers & Free Lists
• Anonymity Networks
• Proxy Providers
• Related Awesome Lists

Libraries for integrating proxy rotation, management, and connections into your applications.

• brozeph/simple-socks — Event-driven SOCKS5 proxy server library for Node.js.
• JaredLGillespie/proxyscrape — Python library for retrieving free proxies (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5).
• snail007/goproxy — High-performance HTTP(S), SOCKS5, WebSocket proxy library in Go with chaining and encryption.

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Shadowsocks is a fast, secure proxy protocol originally designed to bypass internet censorship. It encrypts traffic and tunnels it through a remote server.

• shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev — Lightweight, full-featured C implementation; the canonical Shadowsocks server and client.
• shadowsocks/shadowsocks-rust — Rust port with better performance, async I/O, and modern cipher support.
• shadowsocks/go-shadowsocks2 — Clean Go implementation focused on core features and simplicity.
• shadowsocksr-backup/shadowsocksr — ShadowsocksR (SSR) fork with protocol and obfuscation plugins.
• dnomd343/shadowsocks-all — One-click install script for multiple Shadowsocks implementations.
• teddysun/shadowsocks_install — Auto-install scripts for various Shadowsocks versions on Linux.

Tools for bypassing internet restrictions, deep packet inspection (DPI), and the Great Firewall (GFW). Includes Trojan proxy, V2Ray, Xray, and anti-censorship protocols.

• v2fly/v2ray-core — Platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions; supports VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Shadowsocks.
• XTLS/Xray-core — Next-gen V2Ray with XTLS and Reality protocol for ultra-low-latency, anti-detection tunneling.
• trojan-gfw/trojan — Bypasses GFW by masquerading as legitimate HTTPS traffic — unidentifiable by DPI.
• p4gefau1t/trojan-go — Full-featured Trojan proxy in Go with multiplexing, routing, and CDN support.
• klzgrad/naiveproxy — Uses Chrome's network stack to camouflage traffic as ordinary browser HTTPS.
• SagerNet/sing-box — Universal proxy platform: Shadowsocks, V2Ray, Trojan, TUIC, Hysteria2 with unified config.
• MHSanaei/3x-ui — Xray web panel for multi-protocol, multi-user traffic management.
• 2dust/v2rayN — Windows GUI for V2Ray/Xray/sing-box with subscription support.
• 2dust/v2rayNG — Android client for V2Ray/Xray supporting VMess, VLESS, Shadowsocks, Trojan.
• proxysu/ProxySU — One-click Windows installer for Xray, V2Ray, Trojan, NaiveProxy, and more.

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WireGuard is a modern, high-performance VPN protocol. These tools help you deploy, manage, and automate VPN servers.

• WireGuard/wireguard-linux — Official WireGuard kernel module for Linux.
• WireGuard/wireguard-go — Cross-platform Go userspace implementation.
• trailofbits/algo — Ansible scripts to set up a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN in the cloud.
• pivpn/pivpn — Simple OpenVPN and WireGuard installer for Raspberry Pi and Linux.
• angristan/wireguard-install — WireGuard VPN server one-click installer for Linux.
• firezone/firezone — Self-hosted WireGuard VPN platform with web UI and access management.
• Nyr/openvpn-install — OpenVPN road warrior installer for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Arch.
• hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn — IKEv2/IPsec VPN setup scripts for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS.
• pritunl/pritunl — Enterprise distributed OpenVPN, IPsec, and WireGuard server with web UI.
• freifunkMUC/wg-access-server — All-in-one WireGuard VPN with web UI for user and device management.

Forward proxy servers for web traffic filtering, caching, privacy, and traffic inspection.

• drsoft-oss/proxyrotator — Smart rotating HTTP proxy — load-balance and auto-rotate a pool of upstream HTTP/SOCKS5 proxies with zero-drop connection draining, latency prioritisation, domain pinning, and a built-in management API.
• squid-cache/squid — Full-featured web proxy cache supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP with extensive ACLs.
• mitmproxy/mitmproxy — Interactive HTTPS proxy for penetration testing, traffic inspection, and debugging.
• tinyproxy/tinyproxy — Lightweight HTTP/HTTPS proxy for low-resource systems.
• XX-net/XX-Net — Proxy tool designed to bypass internet censorship.
• snail007/goproxy — High-performance proxy in Go with chaining, encryption, and rate limiting.
• bytedance/g3proxy — HTTP/SOCKS/SNI proxy by ByteDance with MITM interception and ICAP adaptation.
• 3proxy/3proxy — Tiny universal proxy supporting HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, POP3, FTP.

SOCKS5 proxies handle any type of traffic (not just HTTP) and support authentication and UDP.

• shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev — Secure SOCKS5 proxy with encryption, designed to protect internet traffic.
• rofl0r/microsocks — Tiny, portable SOCKS5 server with minimal resource usage.
• brozeph/simple-socks — Simple SOCKS5 server library for Node.js.
• bhhbazinga/socks5 — Lightweight SOCKS5 proxy in C using epoll and non-blocking sockets.
• jgaa/shinysocks — Ultrafast async SOCKS proxy built with Boost.Asio.

• fosrl/pangolin — Identity-aware VPN and proxy for remote access to anything, anywhere.
• nginx/nginx — High-performance HTTP server, reverse proxy, and load balancer.
• traefik/traefik — Cloud-native reverse proxy with automatic service discovery for Docker/K8s.
• caddyserver/caddy — Web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt.
• haproxy/haproxy — Reliable TCP/HTTP load balancer for large-scale deployments.
• envoyproxy/envoy — Cloud-native L7 proxy for service meshes.
• microsoft/reverse-proxy — YARP: customizable .NET reverse proxy library.
• jwilder/nginx-proxy — Automated nginx reverse proxy for Docker containers.
• NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager — Web UI for managing Nginx proxies with automatic SSL.
• flomesh-io/pipy — Programmable proxy for cloud, edge, and IoT.
• inconshreveable/ngrok — Secure tunnels to expose local servers through NATs and firewalls.

DNS proxy servers for privacy, ad-blocking, and encrypted DNS resolution (DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt).

• jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy — Flexible DNS proxy with DoH, DoT, and DNSCrypt support.
• pi-hole/pi-hole — Network-wide ad and tracker blocking via DNS sinkhole.
• AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome — Network-wide DNS ad blocker with web UI, DoH/DoT support.
• 0xERR0R/blocky — Fast DNS proxy with ad blocking, conditional forwarding, and caching.
• NLnetLabs/unbound — Validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver with DNSSEC.
• thekelleys/dnsmasq — Lightweight DNS forwarder and DHCP server for small networks.

Desktop and mobile apps for managing proxy connections across multiple protocols.

• Dreamacro/clash — Rule-based tunneling proxy in Go: VMess, VLESS, Shadowsocks, Trojan, SOCKS5, HTTP.
• MetaCubeX/mihomo — Enhanced Clash kernel with TUIC, Hysteria2, VLESS Reality, and advanced routing.
• hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform proxy client on sing-box supporting all major protocols.
• v2rayA/v2rayA — Web GUI for V2Ray/Xray/sing-box with subscription management.
• clash-verge-rev/clash-verge-rev — Cross-platform Clash desktop client built with Tauri + React.
• MatsuriDayo/NekoBoxForAndroid — Android proxy client for sing-box, V2Ray, Xray, Shadowsocks.
• Qv2ray/Qv2ray — Cross-platform V2Ray GUI in Qt with plugin support.

Frameworks and tools for web scraping that support proxy rotation — essential for large-scale data collection without getting blocked.

• apify/crawlee — Scalable web crawling library for Node.js with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio — built-in proxy rotation.
• scrapy/scrapy — Fast, high-level Python web scraping framework with middleware for proxy rotation.
• AmazingAng/proxy-pool — Python proxy pool for web scraping with automated collection and validation.
• firecrawl/firecrawl — Turn entire websites into LLM-ready markdown — handles proxies, JS rendering, and dynamic content.

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Tools to test, validate, and benchmark proxy speed, anonymity, and geo-location.

• drsoft-oss/proxybench — Proxy checker and health monitor CLI — validate and benchmark HTTP, SOCKS5, and Shadowsocks proxies.
• fate0/proxypool — Automated proxy pool with collection, validation, and a REST API.
• monosans/proxy-list — Continuously updated proxy lists with built-in validation.

Auto-updated lists and scrapers for free public proxies. Note: free proxies are unreliable and slow — for production use, consider a dedicated proxy provider.

• TheSpeedX/PROXY-List — Auto-updated daily list of free HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 proxies.
• clarketm/proxy-list — Daily-updated free public proxy list.
• hookzof/socks5_list — Constantly updated SOCKS5 proxy list with validation.
• monosans/proxy-list — HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 proxies from multiple sources.
• sakha1370/OpenRay — Large-scale proxy collection and validation pipeline.

Privacy-focused overlay networks for anonymous communication.

• torproject/tor — The Tor network — encrypted onion routing to anonymize TCP traffic.
• i2p/i2p.i2p — I2P (Invisible Internet Project) — private, self-contained anonymizing network.
• PurpleI2P/i2pd — Fast, lightweight C++ I2P router.
• rahra/onioncat — IPv6 VPN adapter for Tor and I2P networks.
• Ayms/node-Tor — JavaScript Tor implementation for Node.js and browsers.
• thaliproject/Tor_Onion_Proxy_Library — Java/Android library to embed Tor in mobile apps.

• dariubs/awesome-proxy — Collaborative list of proxy servers and resources.
• cedrickchee/awesome-wireguard — WireGuard tools, projects, and resources.
• ajvb/awesome-tor — Tor-related projects, articles, and papers.

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