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Show HN: I checked 1M free proxies – 1 in 5 working ones injected scripts

Updated September 26, 2026 · 3:32 PM · source date September 26, 2026

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Show HN: I checked 1M free proxies – 1 in 5 working ones injected scripts maximilianfeix / proxy-scraper Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 0 Star 5 Branches Tags Open more actions menu Latest commit History 237 Commits 237 Commits Folders and files Name Name Last commit message Last commit date .github .github bot bot docs docs proxyscraper proxyscraper tests tests .dockerignore .dockerignore .gitignore .gitignore CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTING.md Dockerfile Dockerfile LICENSE LICENSE README.md README.md SECURITY.md SECURITY.md compose.yaml compose.yaml proxy_scraper.py proxy_scraper.py pyproject.toml pyproject.toml requirements.txt requirements.txt Repository files navigation Install · Live list · Proxy server · How it works · Recipes · Options · FAQ Most free proxy lists are 95 % dead, and a good part of the rest are honeypots or proxies that inject scripts into your pages. proxy-scraper collects public HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies from 700+ sources and keeps only the ones that pass every check.

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  • maximilianfeix / proxy-scraper Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 0 Star 5 Branches Tags Open more actions menu Latest commit History 237 Commits 237 Commits Folders and files Name Name Last commit message Last commit date .github .github bot bot docs docs proxyscraper proxyscraper tests tests .dockerignore .dockerignore .gitignore .gitignore CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTING.md Dockerfile Dockerfile LICENSE LICENSE README.md README.md SECURITY.md SECURITY.md compose.yaml compose.yaml proxy_scraper.py proxy_scraper.py pyproject.toml pyproject.toml requirements.txt requirements.txt Repository files navigation Install · Live list · Proxy server · How it works · Recipes · Options · FAQ Most free proxy lists are 95 % dead, and a good part of the rest are honeypots or proxies that inject scripts into your pages.
  • proxy-scraper collects public HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies from 700+ sources and keeps only the ones that pass every check.
  • It learns with every run which sources are worth it, and it can turn the result into a single rotating proxy.
  • Table of contents Install Live proxy list Features · Why not just download a list?
  • In the container the wizard never shows up, it runs straight away.
  • For the proxy server use --serve --serve-host 0.0.0.0 with -p 127.0.0.1:8899:8899 , so the port is only open on your own machine.
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