12 best Web Proxy libraries in 2023

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Web Proxy libraries are a way to access the contents of a website without actually accessing the website itself. The web proxy acts as an intermediary between your computer and the website, fetching the content for you and displaying it on your screen. Caddy is a simple and lightweight proxy server for the browser. Betwixt is a high-performance proxy server that supports both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is written in JavaScript and provides a secure connection between your application and the client. Mockserver is a mock web server for testing HTTP requests in unit tests with Node.js and other evented I/O based servers such as Twisted and Gevent. Some of the most widely used open-source Web Proxy libraries among developers include

caddyby caddyserver

Go doticonstar image 47723 doticonVersion:v2.7.0-beta.1doticon
License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

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            caddyby caddyserver

            Go doticon star image 47723 doticonVersion:v2.7.0-beta.1doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

            Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
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                      betwixtby kdzwinel

                      JavaScript doticonstar image 4457 doticonVersion:1.6.1doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      :zap: Web Debugging Proxy based on Chrome DevTools Network panel.

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                                betwixtby kdzwinel

                                JavaScript doticon star image 4457 doticonVersion:1.6.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                :zap: Web Debugging Proxy based on Chrome DevTools Network panel.
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                                          mockserverby mock-server

                                          Java doticonstar image 4161 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                          License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                          MockServer enables easy mocking of any system you integrate with via HTTP or HTTPS with clients written in Java, JavaScript and Ruby. MockServer also includes a proxy that introspects all proxied traffic including encrypted SSL traffic and supports Port Forwarding, Web Proxying (i.e. HTTP proxy), HTTPS Tunneling Proxying (using HTTP CONNECT) and SOCKS Proxying (i.e. dynamic port forwarding).

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                                                    mockserverby mock-server

                                                    Java doticon star image 4161 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                    MockServer enables easy mocking of any system you integrate with via HTTP or HTTPS with clients written in Java, JavaScript and Ruby. MockServer also includes a proxy that introspects all proxied traffic including encrypted SSL traffic and supports Port Forwarding, Web Proxying (i.e. HTTP proxy), HTTPS Tunneling Proxying (using HTTP CONNECT) and SOCKS Proxying (i.e. dynamic port forwarding).
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                                                              lightproxyby alibaba

                                                              TypeScript doticonstar image 2958 doticonVersion:v1.1.42-beta-4doticon
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                                                              💎 Cross platform Web debugging proxy

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                                                                        lightproxyby alibaba

                                                                        TypeScript doticon star image 2958 doticonVersion:v1.1.42-beta-4doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                        💎 Cross platform Web debugging proxy
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                                                                                  proxy.pyby abhinavsingh

                                                                                  Python doticonstar image 2451 doticonVersion:v2.4.4rc4doticon
                                                                                  License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                  ⚡ Fast • 🪶 Lightweight • 0️⃣ Dependency • 🔌 Pluggable • 😈 TLS interception • 🔒 DNS-over-HTTPS • 🔥 Poor Man's VPN • ⏪ Reverse & ⏩ Forward • 👮🏿 "Proxy Server" framework • 🌐 "Web Server" framework • ➵ ➶ ➷ ➠ "PubSub" framework • 👷 "Work" acceptor & executor framework

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                                                                                            proxy.pyby abhinavsingh

                                                                                            Python doticon star image 2451 doticonVersion:v2.4.4rc4doticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                            ⚡ Fast • 🪶 Lightweight • 0️⃣ Dependency • 🔌 Pluggable • 😈 TLS interception • 🔒 DNS-over-HTTPS • 🔥 Poor Man's VPN • ⏪ Reverse & ⏩ Forward • 👮🏿 "Proxy Server" framework • 🌐 "Web Server" framework • ➵ ➶ ➷ ➠ "PubSub" framework • 👷 "Work" acceptor & executor framework
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                                                                                                      shuttleby sipt

                                                                                                      Go doticonstar image 2029 doticonVersion:alpha-v0.6.0doticon
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                                                                                                      A web proxy in Golang with amazing features.

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                                                                                                                shuttleby sipt

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                                                                                                                A web proxy in Golang with amazing features.
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                                                                                                                          titanium-web-proxyby justcoding121

                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 1801 doticonVersion:3.1.1449doticon
                                                                                                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                          A cross-platform asynchronous HTTP(S) proxy server in C#.

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                                                                                                                                    titanium-web-proxyby justcoding121

                                                                                                                                    C# doticon star image 1801 doticonVersion:3.1.1449doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                    A cross-platform asynchronous HTTP(S) proxy server in C#.
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                                                                                                                                              squidby squid-cache

                                                                                                                                              C++ doticonstar image 1623 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                                              License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)

                                                                                                                                              Squid Web Proxy Cache

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                                                                                                                                                        squidby squid-cache

                                                                                                                                                        C++ doticon star image 1623 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)

                                                                                                                                                        Squid Web Proxy Cache
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                                                                                                                                                                  Titanium-Web-Proxyby justcoding121

                                                                                                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 1046 doticonVersion:3.1.1344doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                  A cross-platform asynchronous HTTP(S) proxy server in C#.

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                                                                                                                                                                            Titanium-Web-Proxyby justcoding121

                                                                                                                                                                            C# doticon star image 1046 doticonVersion:3.1.1344doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                            A cross-platform asynchronous HTTP(S) proxy server in C#.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      miniProxyby joshdick

                                                                                                                                                                                      PHP doticonstar image 861 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                      🚨⚠️ UNMAINTAINED! ⚠️🚨 A simple PHP web proxy.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                miniProxyby joshdick

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                                                                                                                                                                                                🚨⚠️ UNMAINTAINED! ⚠️🚨 A simple PHP web proxy.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          stealthby tholian-network

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          :rocket: Stealth - Secure, Peer-to-Peer, Private and Automateable Web Browser/Scraper/Proxy

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    stealthby tholian-network

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    :rocket: Stealth - Secure, Peer-to-Peer, Private and Automateable Web Browser/Scraper/Proxy
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Go doticonstar image 729 doticonVersion:v0.0.14doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              An AWS Lambda powered HTTP/SOCKS web proxy

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        awslambdaproxyby dan-v

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        An AWS Lambda powered HTTP/SOCKS web proxy
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