Comparison of proxifiers

For more details on this topic, see Proxy server.

A proxifier is a software program which can make other programs passing through a proxy server by intercepting and modifying their socket library calls. This article compares a selection of popular proxifiers.

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General

Name Developer Status First release Based on License Source available
Dante client Inferno Nettverk A/S Active BSD Yes
FreeCap Max Artemev Active 2003 GPL Yes
Proxifier Initex Software Active 2004 Proprietary No
ProxyCap Proxy Labs Active 2002 Proprietary No
proxychains Active 2002 GPL Yes
redsocks Leonid Evdokimov Active Apache Yes
SocksCap NEC N/A June 16, 1997[1] Proprietary No
torsocks Robert Hogan Active 2008 tsocks GPL Yes
WideCap Max Artemev Active Proprietary No

Platforms

The operating systems or virtual machines the proxifiers are designed to run on.

The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today.

Name Mac OS X Windows Cygwin BSD Linux Solaris Windows Mobile Android iPhone, iPod Touch
Dante N/A No N/A Yes Yes Yes No No No
FreeCap No Yes No No No No No No No
Proxifier Yes Yes No No No No No No No
ProxyCap Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No
proxychains N/A No N/A N/A Yes N/A No No No
redsocks N/A No N/A N/A Yes N/A No No No
SocksCap No Yes No No No No No No No
torsocks Yes No N/A N/A Yes N/A No No No
WideCap No Yes No No No No No No No

Proxy protocols and methods

Name SOCKS4 SOCKS4A SOCKS5 HTTP SSH1 SSH2
CONNECT UDP ASSOCIATE CONNECT GET
Dante Yes No Yes N/A Yes No No No
FreeCap Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Proxifier Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[note 1] No No
ProxyCap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
proxychains Yes No Yes No Yes No No No
redsocks Yes No Yes No Yes N/A No No
SocksCap Yes Yes Yes N/A No No No No
WideCap Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
  1. ^ Only HTTP connections can be proxied.

References

  1. ^ "SocksCap Version History". ftp://89.20.138.8/soft/Lan/Proxy/sockscap/History.txt. Retrieved 2011-09-15.