proxychains VS Cloak

Compare proxychains vs Cloak and see what are their differences.

proxychains

proxychains - a tool that forces any TCP connection made by any given application to follow through proxy like TOR or any other SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or HTTP(S) proxy. Supported auth-types: "user/pass" for SOCKS4/5, "basic" for HTTP. (by haad)

Cloak

A censorship circumvention tool to evade detection by authoritarian state adversaries (by cbeuw)
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proxychains Cloak
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6,053 3,080
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7.0 5.3
4 months ago 11 days ago
C Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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proxychains

Posts with mentions or reviews of proxychains. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-08.

Cloak

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cloak. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-21.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing proxychains and Cloak you can also consider the following projects:

torsocks - Library to torify application - NOTE: upstream has been moved to https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git

v2ray-core - A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.

CrackMapExec - A swiss army knife for pentesting networks

wireguard-manager - ✔️ WireGuard-Manager is an innovative tool designed to streamline the deployment and management of WireGuard VPNs. Emphasizing user-friendliness and security, it simplifies the complexities of VPN configuration, offering a robust yet accessible solution for both personal and professional use.

Tor - Tor protects your privacy on the Internet by hiding the connection between your Internet address and the services you use. (This is *not* the official repository.)

hysteria - Hysteria is a powerful, lightning fast and censorship resistant proxy.

nipe - An engine to make Tor network your default gateway

trojan-go - Go实现的Trojan代理,支持多路复用/路由功能/CDN中转/Shadowsocks混淆插件,多平台,无依赖。A Trojan proxy written in Go. An unidentifiable mechanism that helps you bypass GFW. https://p4gefau1t.github.io/trojan-go/

sshuttle - Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.

shadowsocks-rust - A Rust port of shadowsocks

impacket - Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

outline-apps - Outline Client and Manager, developed by Jigsaw. Outline Manager makes it easy to create your own VPN server. Outline Client lets you share access to your VPN with anyone in your network, giving them access to the free and open internet.