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.

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. 

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