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Socks5 projects on GitHub
SOCKS5 proxy protocol for tunneling network traffic
As of , the most-starred Socks5 projects on GitHub are youtube-dl (141.3K stars), v2rayN (118.4K stars) and v2rayNG (64.1K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 54 Socks5 repositories with 1.1M stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was opencode2api, with +153 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16
+153opencode2api
jasonxu114514/opencode2api · ★ 921opencode2api is a Go-based proxy for the OpenCode Zen / Zen Go API that exposes standard OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, so you can point normal OpenAI/Anthropic SDK clients at OpenCode models.
+104edgetunnel
cmliu/edgetunnel · ★ 47.7Kedgetunnel is a proxy service that runs on Cloudflare Workers or Pages: it serves VLESS, Trojan and Shadowsocks nodes from the edge, with a built-in admin panel and automatic subscription generation.
CCBaga
liseami/CCBaga · ★ 2.4KCCBaga is a native macOS toolkit that bundles two apps to clean Claude-related data, rotate your browser fingerprint, align system region settings, and verify your real network exit with measured checks.
v2rayN
2dust/v2rayN · ★ 118.4Kv2rayN is a free, open-source GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS that manages proxy connections using protocols like V2Ray, Xray, sing-box, Trojan, Shadowsocks and others.
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54 projects · by stars
- 141.3K
#1 · ytdl-org/youtube-dlyoutube-dl
youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube and many other video sites.
- 118.4K
#2 · 2dust/v2rayN
v2rayN
v2rayN is a free, open-source GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS that manages proxy connections using protocols like V2Ray, Xray, sing-box, Trojan, Shadowsocks and others.
- 64.1K
#3 · 2dust/v2rayNG
v2rayNG
v2rayNG is an Android client for V2Ray that lets you connect through proxy servers using either the Xray core or the v2fly core, supporting protocols like VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Shadowsocks and SOCKS5.
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shadowsocks-windows
59.5Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows · C#Shadowsocks-windows is a Windows desktop client for Shadowsocks, a SOCKS5/HTTP proxy protocol designed to circumvent internet censorship, written in C#.
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ClashMetaForAndroid
47.8KMetaCubeX/ClashMetaForAndroid · KotlinClash Meta for Android (CMFA) is the graphical Android app for Clash.Meta, letting you run a rule-based proxy/VPN tunnel on your phone with a UI instead of editing config files by hand.
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edgetunnel
47.7Kcmliu/edgetunnel · JavaScriptedgetunnel is a proxy service that runs on Cloudflare Workers or Pages: it serves VLESS, Trojan and Shadowsocks nodes from the edge, with a built-in admin panel and automatic subscription generation.
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v2ray-core
46.9Kv2ray/v2ray-core · GoProject V (v2ray-core) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network that secures your connections and helps you bypass network restrictions while protecting your privacy.
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Xray-core
42.2KXTLS/Xray-core · GoXray-core is the engine of 'Project X', a networking/proxy platform that implements protocols like VLESS, VMess, Trojan and Shadowsocks, with REALITY and XTLS for traffic obfuscation and censorship circumvention.
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croc
40.6Kschollz/croc · Gocroc is a command-line tool that lets any two computers simply and securely transfer files and folders, using peer-to-peer transfer with a relay fallback and end-to-end encryption.
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v2ray-core
34.7Kv2fly/v2ray-core · GoV2Ray (Project V) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network, encrypting your connections to protect privacy and bypass network restrictions like censorship.
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nps
34.2Kehang-io/nps · GoNPS is a lightweight, high-performance intranet penetration (reverse proxy/tunnel) server that exposes internal network services to the outside world. It forwards tcp, udp, http(s), socks5 and other protocols, and comes with a full-featured web admin panel.
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shadowsocks
33.5Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks · PythonAn encrypted SOCKS5 proxy for getting private traffic past censorship — that is what the repo's own tags (proxy, socks5, encryption, censorship) describe. It is written in Python, has been on GitHub since April 2012, and holds about 33.5k stars.
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ShadowsocksX-NG
32.9Kshadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG · SwiftIt's the next generation of ShadowsocksX — a macOS GUI client for the Shadowsocks proxy. You add your server profiles, and it routes your Mac's traffic through them via a local proxy.
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CloakBrowser
32.2KCloakHQ/CloakBrowser · PythonA stealth Chromium browser for web scraping and automation — a real Chromium binary with fingerprints patched at the C++ source level, wrapped as a drop-in Playwright/Puppeteer replacement so antibot systems score it as a normal browser.
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hysteria
22.7KHyNetworks/hysteria · GoHysteria is an open-source proxy tool — powerful, lightning-fast and censorship-resistant. It routes your traffic through a server you control with a protocol built to withstand blocking.
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V2rayU
20.2Kyanue/V2rayUV2rayU is a macOS client built on the v2ray/xray core, used for circumventing internet censorship ('scientific internet access'). It's written natively in Swift.
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gost
18.2Kginuerzh/gost · GoGOST (GO Simple Tunnel) is a secure, multi-protocol proxy and tunnel tool written in Go. It can act as an HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy, chain multiple proxies together, and forward local or remote TCP/UDP ports through encrypted channels.
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goproxy
17.1Ksnail007/goproxy · Gogoproxy is a high-performance proxy server written in Go. A single binary handles HTTP(S), SOCKS5, SS, WebSocket, TCP and UDP proxying, plus TCP/UDP port forwarding and intranet penetration for exposing servers behind NAT.
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Shadowrocket-ADBlock-Rules
16.7Kh2y/Shadowrocket-ADBlock-Rules · PythonA collection of rule files for the iOS app Shadowrocket that let you selectively route traffic through a proxy to get around China's firewall, while also filtering out ads in web pages, apps and videos.
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chisel
16.7Kjpillora/chisel · GoChisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel transported over HTTP and secured via SSH — a single executable that runs as either client or server, mainly used for passing through firewalls or providing a secure endpoint into your network.
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Cloudflare-vless-trojan
16.6Kyonggekkk/Cloudflare-vless-trojan · JavaScriptScripts that deploy free VLESS-WS(TLS) and Trojan-WS(TLS) proxy nodes on Cloudflare Workers/Pages, plus a local Socks5/HTTP proxy script with ECH-TLS, normal TLS or no-TLS modes for devices like soft routers.
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cfnew
16.4KbyJoey/cfnewCFnew is a Cloudflare Workers/Pages proxy panel that generates VLESS, Trojan and xhttp nodes, converts them into subscription formats for clients like Clash, Surge, Sing-box, Loon, Quantumult X, V2ray and Shadowrocket, and lets you manage everything through a web config page backed by Cloudflare KV.
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shadowsocks-c
16.2Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks-c · C++shadowsocks-c is a lightweight, secured SOCKS5 proxy written in pure C, built on libuv with asynchronous DNS, designed to run on embedded devices and low-end boxes as well as desktops and servers.
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gluetun
15.8Kpassteque/gluetun · GoGluetun is a lightweight, swiss-army-knife-like VPN client packaged as a single small Docker container. It tunnels through 20+ commercial VPN providers via OpenVPN or Wireguard and lets other containers or LAN devices share that connection.
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httpx
15.6Kencode/httpx · PythonHTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client library for Python 3, with a broadly requests-compatible API, HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 support, and both sync and async interfaces. It also ships with an integrated command-line client.
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brook
15.2Ktxthinking/brook · GoBrook is a cross-platform programmable network tool that works as both a server and a client, giving you SOCKS5 proxying, TLS encryption, traffic decryption/MITM inspection, and packet capture in one toolkit.
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BPB-Worker-Panel
13.7Kbia-pain-bache/BPB-Worker-Panel · TypeScriptBPB Panel is a self-hosted GUI you deploy on your own Cloudflare Workers or Pages account to generate VLESS, Trojan and Warp proxy configs, plus a private DoH server, so you can bypass ISP blocking.
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haoel.github.io
13.1Khaoel/haoel.github.io · ShellA long-form Chinese guide by Bilibili engineer 左耳朵 (haoel) that walks through everything needed to bypass internet censorship (the GFW) by renting your own VPS and self-hosting a proxy, from choosing a server all the way to configuring clients on every device.
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TikTok-Unlock
12.2KSemporia/TikTok-Unlock · JavaScriptA README-based guide and rule-set for unlocking region-locked TikTok content on iPhone/iPad without swapping SIM cards, covering region switching, video posting, live streaming, likes, comments, and DMs.
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smartdns
11.3Kpymumu/smartdns · CSmartDNS is a local DNS server that forwards each query to multiple upstream DNS servers, measures which resolved IP responds fastest, and returns that IP to the client for a faster browsing experience. It also supports DoT, DoH, DoQ and DoH3 for privacy and can act as an ad filter by mapping specific domains to chosen IPs.
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fancyss_history_package
11Khq450/fancyss_history_packageThis repository stores offline installation packages for the fancyss plugin, a proxy tool that lets Asuswrt/Asuswrt-Merlin routers bypass the GFW using protocols like Shadowsocks, V2ray, Xray, Trojan, and Hysteria2.
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shadowsocks-rust
10.9Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks-rust · RustA Rust port of shadowsocks — a fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls. It ships both ends of the tunnel: sslocal as your local client and ssserver as the remote relay.
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proxychains-ng
10.7Krofl0r/proxychains-ng · CProxyChains-NG is a UNIX program that hooks network-related libc functions in dynamically linked programs via LD_PRELOAD and redirects their TCP connections through SOCKS4a/5 or HTTP proxies. It is the continuation of the unmaintained proxychains project.
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clash
9.8Kclashbk/clashThis is a Chinese-language navigation page that aggregates official download links, backup mirrors, and tutorials for various Clash-based proxy clients (FlClash, Clash Verge Rev, ClashMi, ClashX, Shadowrocket, etc.) across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
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tailcat
8.4Ktailscale/tailcat · GoTailcat is like netcat but running over Tailscale's encrypted data plane (WireGuard + magicsock + DERP) without needing Tailscale's control plane or a Tailscale account. One side runs a tailcat server and gets a short address; the other side connects to it, and traffic is end-to-end encrypted and NAT-traversed automatically.
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grok2api
7.8Kchenyme/grok2api · GoGrok2API is a self-hosted Go gateway that pools multiple Grok Build, Grok Web, and Grok Console accounts and exposes them through unified OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs, with a built-in React admin dashboard.
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ProxyBridge
6.8KInterceptSuite/ProxyBridge · CProxyBridge is a cross-platform proxy client that transparently redirects TCP and UDP traffic from specific Windows/macOS/Linux applications through SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies, acting as an open-source alternative to Proxifier.
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telemt
5.7Ktelemt/telemt · RustTelemt is a fast, secure, feature-rich MTProxy server for Telegram, built in Rust with Tokio, implementing the official MTProto proxy algorithm plus extra production-ready features.
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antigravity-proxy
4.5Kyuaotian/antigravity-proxy · C++Antigravity-Proxy is a Windows DLL injector that forces the Antigravity code editor (and its CLI) to route its network traffic through your SOCKS5/HTTP proxy, without needing Clash's TUN mode.
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mhr-cfw
4.4Kdenuitt1/mhr-cfw · PythonMHR-CFW is a domain-fronting relay that disguises your traffic as requests to an allowed domain like Google, routing it through Google Apps Script and a Cloudflare Worker before fetching the real site. It's built to bypass DPI (deep packet inspection) based network filtering.
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MasterHttpRelayVPN
3.9Kmasterking32/MasterHttpRelayVPN · PythonMasterHttpRelayVPN is a local proxy that routes your browser traffic through a Google Apps Script relay using domain fronting and MITM TLS interception, designed to evade DPI and censorship.
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MasterHttpRelayVPN-RUST
3.6Ktherealaleph/MasterHttpRelayVPN-RUST · RustIt is a Rust port of MasterHttpRelayVPN, a free DPI/censorship-bypass tool that routes your traffic through a Google Apps Script you deploy in your own Google account, using TLS SNI concealment so your ISP only sees a connection to www.google.com.
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CCBaga
2.4Kliseami/CCBaga · RustCCBaga is a native macOS toolkit that bundles two apps to clean Claude-related data, rotate your browser fingerprint, align system region settings, and verify your real network exit with measured checks.
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Open-Box
2.2Kliandu2024/Open-Box · ShellOpen-Box is an all-in-one transparent proxy solution for OpenWrt routers: it installs the sing-box core plus a web management panel with a single command, so you can set up proxy routing from a browser without hand-editing any config files.
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mtproto.zig
2.1Ksleep3r/mtproto.zig · Zigmtproto.zig is a tiny self-hosted MTProto proxy for Telegram that disguises your traffic as ordinary TLS 1.3 HTTPS, so censors and DPI filters can't tell it's Telegram. You run it on your own cheap VPS and share a single tg:// link with people who want their Telegram unblocked.
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CFNext
1.9KPAICNI/CFNext · JavaScriptCFNext is a proxy subscription management panel you deploy on Cloudflare Workers or Pages; a single script both runs the actual VLESS/Trojan/XHTTP proxy and serves a /sub subscription link plus a graphical config panel.
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usque-custom-pro
1.5KKJGX66F/usque-custom-pro · JavaScriptUsque MASQUE Pro is a browser-based tool for registering Cloudflare WARP/MASQUE devices, generating proxy node configs, and converting them into Clash/Mihomo, Shadowrocket, sing-box and local VLESS bridge formats, with an optional WARP exit checker.
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vm2api
1.2Kdofastted/vm2api · JavaScriptvm2api is a self-hosted proxy that runs your Claude/Anthropic (or OpenAI-compatible) API traffic through a real-looking virtual machine or Docker 'slot' so the account looks like a genuine Claude Console client instead of relying on system-prompt tricks or persona injection.
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personal-edge-proxy
1.1Kyding-git/personal-edge-proxyA self-hosted personal proxy architecture combining Hysteria2 as the main daily entry, Xray with VLESS+REALITY+Vision as a backup inbound, and Cloudflare WARP (plus an optional fixed SOCKS5) as outbound routing, tuned specifically for more reliable access to AI services like ChatGPT, Claude, Codex and Gemini.
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opencode2api
921jasonxu114514/opencode2api · Goopencode2api is a Go-based proxy for the OpenCode Zen / Zen Go API that exposes standard OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, so you can point normal OpenAI/Anthropic SDK clients at OpenCode models.
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Prism-Browser-Community
690DFarm6/Prism-Browser-Community · TypeScriptPrism Browser is a local-first, open-source fingerprint browser environment manager built on a customized Chromium and Electron. It lets you create multiple isolated browser profiles, each with its own cookies, cache, extensions, proxy settings, and fingerprint configuration.
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gate
505hezhanleiok/gate · PythonIt automates scraping VPN Gate's SSTP home-broadband/datacenter nodes, verifies each one with a checker Worker, groups them by country, and publishes an auto-rotating node list that edgetunnel can pull as chained proxy entries.
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WhiteAestherMobile
262WhiteDNS/WhiteAestherMobile · RustWhiteAestherMobile is the native Android client for the Aether encrypted route engine. It probes for a working path out of restrictive or censored networks and routes your device's traffic through it.
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back4app-vless
210KJGX66F/back4app-vless · ShellThis project is a one-click deployment setup that runs a VLESS-over-WebSocket proxy through a Cloudflare Tunnel, hosted for free on Back4app's cloud platform, with no VPS or server management required.
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