Comparison of proxifiers

A proxifier is a software program which can make other programs pass through a proxy server by intercepting and modifying their network requests. This article compares a selection of popular proxifiers.

General

Name	Developer	Status	First release	Based on	License	Source available
Dante client	Inferno Nettverk A/S	Active	November 16, 1998 [1]		BSD	Yes
FreeCap	Max Artemev	N/A	2003		GPL	Yes
Proxifier	Initex Software	Active	2004		Proprietary (Shareware)	No
ProxyCap	Proxy Labs	Active			Proprietary (Shareware)	No
proxychains-ng		Active	2012	proxychains	GPL	Yes
redsocks	Leonid Evdokimov	Active			Apache	Yes
SocksCap	NEC	N/A	June 16, 1997[2]		Proprietary	No
Super Socks5Cap	Networktunnel Lab	Active	2009		Proprietary (Shareware)	No
Torifier	Serguei Birj	Active	2015		Proprietary (Shareware)	No
torsocks	Robert Hogan	Active	2008	tsocks	GPL	Yes
tun2socks	Ambroz Bizjak	Active	2011		BSD	Yes
WideCap	Max Artemev	N/A			Proprietary (Freeware)	No
SocksCap64	Taro labs	Active	Feb 13, 2015		Proprietary (Freeware)	No
Postern	Postern Software	Active	Dec 19, 2015		Proprietary (Freeware)	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	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	No	No
redsocks	Yes[3]	No	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	No
SocksCap	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Super Socks5cap	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Torifier	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
torsocks	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	No	No
tun2socks	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
WideCap	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SocksCap64	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Postern	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No

Proxy protocols and methods

Name	SOCKS4	SOCKS4A	SOCKS5		HTTP		SSH1	SSH2
			CONNECT	UDP ASSOCIATE	CONNECT	GET
Dante	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	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	Yes[note 1]	Yes	Yes
proxychains	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
redsocks	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	No
SocksCap	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	No	No	No
Super Socks5cap	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
tun2socks	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
WideCap	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
SocksCap64	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Postern	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

1. Only HTTP connections can be proxied.
2. An external SSH client is used to provide SSH tunneling support.

References

1. "Dante Presentation" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-20.
2. "SocksCap Version History". Retrieved 2011-09-15.
3. http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/1/6/osx-wifi-proxy/

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