Billal Ainaoui
Billal Ainaoui is the founder of HProxy.com. He started it to make honest proxy infrastructure anyone can afford, and he still reads every support message himself. The guides he signs come from the prices, tests and support questions the team works with every day. HProxy sells proxies, so weigh his view with that in mind.
Founder of HProxy.com · 1666 articles
Guide
SSH SOCKS Proxy: Turn Any SSH Login Into a SOCKS5 Proxy with ssh -D
One command turns a server you can SSH into into a SOCKS5 proxy. Windows and PuTTY steps, DNS through the tunnel, and the limits we measured in a real test.
September 27, 2026 · 9 min read
Free proxies
Free Mobile Proxy: What Exists, What We Measured, and the Catch
Free mobile proxies barely exist on public lists: of 822,586 free proxies we tracked, 91 were mobile and one worked. The free route that does work, and the catches.
September 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Free proxies
Free Rotating Proxies: What Exists, and How to Rotate a Free List
No free rotating proxy gateway holds up. What exists: trials, free quotas, Tor, and rotating a free list yourself, with tested Python code and measured decay.
September 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
How to Choose an Enterprise Proxy Provider: Eight Checks and the Proof Behind Each
How to choose an enterprise proxy provider: the workload to write down, the document behind each claim, what an SLA pays, a test on your own targets, and the terms to compare.
September 26, 2026 · 16 min read
Use case
Proxies for Brand Protection: What Works and What Fails
How brand teams use proxies to find counterfeits, rogue sellers, cloaked ads and lookalike domains as shoppers see them, which proxy fits each check, and what fails.
September 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Explainer
Proxy SLA: What an Uptime Guarantee Covers, and What It Pays
What a proxy SLA promises and pays: how downtime is defined, the window, the credit and its cap, the claim deadline, and what it never covers. Five real SLAs side by side.
September 26, 2026 · 7 min read
Explainer
Socks5 Configurator: How It Works, How to Set It Up, and Its Limits
Socks5 Configurator sends Chrome through one SOCKS5 proxy. How to fill in its fields, which sites its default list skips, and why no login can work.
September 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Use case
Proxies for Activepieces: the filter refuses your proxy first
Activepieces has no proxy setting, and its server rejects private addresses on purpose. One variable allows yours, and the error message names it.
September 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Agent Zero: four fields, one that cannot work
Agent Zero has a real browser proxy setting: server, bypass, username, password. One combination it invites you to use cannot authenticate at all.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for Aider: installing the browser turns your proxy off
Aider's web command has two implementations. One reads your proxy variables, the other passes nothing, and an optional install decides which you get.
September 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for AutoGPT: one wrapper decides, and it says no
Ninety-eight files in the AutoGPT platform call one request wrapper. It pins every connection to a validated address, which is exactly what a proxy moves.
September 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Use case
Proxies for Huginn: the general setting beats the specific one
Huginn has an instance proxy, an opt-in proxy and a per-agent proxy. The instance one wins, and it stops an agent even saving its own.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for Kilo Code: the editor knows, the agent does not
VS Code keeps its proxy setting to itself, so spawned processes go direct. Kilo Code forwards it, and one editor setting blanks your shell proxy on purpose.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for LobeChat: three things called proxy, two that route
In LobeChat a variable named PROXY_URL is an API base URL. The server reads the standard variables, and the desktop app has a real proxy feature.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for Open Interpreter: yours is the second hop
Open Interpreter runs its own policy proxy before anything leaves. One setting makes your proxy the upstream, and it accepts http addresses only.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for OpenHands: you are reading the wrong repository
The repo with 88,810 stars is now the OpenHands interface. The agent and its browser tool live in a separate SDK, and that tool has no proxy option.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for OpenManus: the setting is there, the reader is gone
OpenManus still ships a browser proxy block in its config. The tool that read it was deleted, and the browser now runs where your variables cannot reach.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for Qwen Code: six ways in, and only one wins
Qwen Code takes a proxy from a flag, a settings entry or four environment variables. The first match wins, and it is then used for both schemes.
September 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Roo Code: the browser you want to route is gone
Roo Code removed browser use entirely in February 2026, though the dependencies remain. The extension needs no proxy code, because the editor routes its requests.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxies for Android: Which Ones Work, Checked Minutes Ago
A free proxy works in Android's Wi-Fi setting only if it opens HTTPS tunnels and needs no password. Our live count, a quick test, and where free stops.
September 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for AnythingLLM: the setting is not called proxy
AnythingLLM has no proxy setting and says so on purpose. One lane can still be routed, through a Chromium argument list, and it belongs on the server.
September 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Use case
Proxies for NemoClaw: two proxies, only one of them yours
NemoClaw already proxies every agent request and a network policy decides what it may reach. Where your own proxy goes, and what it does with a login.
September 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Use case
Proxies for Agent-Reach: the setting is in the backend, not the tool
Agent-Reach has no proxy setting because it never makes the request. Its own readme says a server needs a residential line and a laptop does not.
September 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for AutoGen: no proxy option, one parameter that saves it
AutoGen's web surfer launches its browser with two options and neither is a proxy. The constructor takes a browser context, and that is where the address goes.
September 20, 2026 · 5 min read
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