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
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Proxies for SearXNG: which engines refuse your server, and where the proxy goes
On a server, SearXNG's two default web engines refused our IP 8 times in 8. Where a proxy goes, for all engines or one, and the timeout it needs.
September 19, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for SeleniumBase: the proxy string, the login and Chrome 142
SeleniumBase takes a proxy as one string with the login inside. How each mode answers the login, what Chrome 142 changed, and how to run several at once.
September 19, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for Skyvern: proxy_location does not route you
In self-hosted Skyvern, proxy_location only sets the browser timezone. Where a proxy actually goes in v1.0.53, and why the line needs no password.
September 19, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for Stagehand: what each environment accepts
Stagehand 4.1.0 refuses a local proxy with a login, while its own documentation shows one. What the local browser takes, and what the hosted session does.
September 19, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for yfinance: the setting moved, and what 429 means
yfinance 1.7.0 dropped the per-call proxy argument. Where the setting lives now, which shape of proxy Yahoo tolerates, and what a proxy does not fix.
September 19, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for yt-dlp: --proxy, SOCKS5, ffmpeg and geo checks
yt-dlp takes one proxy option, but ffmpeg, websockets and the geo check each treat it differently. Every setting at release 2026.08.19, with a server test.
September 19, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
AliveProxy.com alternative: the site is still publishing
aliveproxy.com was serving normally on September 16, 2026, under the title "AliveProxy WEB SSL VPN Anonymous Secured Internet Access Services.
September 17, 2026 · 3 min read
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Almazproxy.online alternative: the site is gone
The name almazproxy.online no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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AnonymousProxy.net alternative: the site is parked
anonymousproxy.net still resolves, but there is no site behind it. On September 16, 2026, it answered with a placeholder rather than a proxy list.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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Backtalk.com alternative: the site is parked
backtalk.com still resolves, but there is no site behind it. On September 16, 2026, it answered with a placeholder rather than a proxy list, titled "Home -...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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Belurk.ru alternative: the site is gone
The name belurk.ru no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection in...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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BrightProxies.com alternative: the site is gone, and the domain is for sale
brightproxies.com no longer publishes a proxy list. On September 16, 2026, the address answered with a domain sale listing, titled "Bright Data", which...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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FreeProxyLists.net alternative: the site blocks connections like ours
freeproxylists.net is up, but it refused us. On September 16, 2026, it answered HTTP 403 to a datacenter connection in Germany.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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github.com/fyvri/fresh-proxy-list is gone
The name github.com/fyvri/fresh-proxy-list no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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Geonode.com free proxy list alternative: the list is still publishing
geonode.com was serving normally on September 16, 2026, under the title "Wholesale proxies & web data infrastructure".
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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HexProxy.com alternative: the site now sends you to hexproxies.com
hexproxy.com no longer runs a list of its own. On September 16, 2026, every request to it ended at hexproxies.com, whose page is titled "Hex Proxies -...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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HideMy.name proxy list alternative: the list now sends you to hide.mn/en
hidemy.name no longer runs a list of its own. On September 16, 2026, every request to it ended at hide.mn/en, whose page is titled "VPN service for secure...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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HydraProxy.com alternative: the site is gone, and the domain is for sale
hydraproxy.com no longer publishes a proxy list. On September 16, 2026, the address answered with a domain sale listing, titled "HydraProxy - Best...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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IPMars.com alternative: the site is gone
ipmars.com has been on hold at its registrar since January 2026. What it sold as MarsProxy, its last prices, and five alternatives priced in September 2026.
September 17, 2026 · 8 min read
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LuxProxy.com alternative: the site is gone
LuxProxy sold private, shared and SOCKS5 proxies by the month from 2020. Its last page is from June 2023, and luxproxy.com is parked. Alternatives priced.
September 17, 2026 · 5 min read
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What Happened to LuxSocks.ru? SOCKS5 Alternatives
LuxSocks.ru, a login-only SOCKS proxy shop, went dark in spring 2022 and is now a parked domain. Its record from the archive, and where to buy SOCKS5 now.
September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
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NNtime.com alternative: the site is still publishing
nntime.com was serving normally on September 16, 2026. The Internet Archive has been capturing it since February 5, 2005.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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PremProxy.com alternative: the site is gone, and the domain is for sale
PremProxy published free proxy and SOCKS lists until spring 2026. Now premproxy.com is a domain-sale page. What it offered, when it ended, five alternatives.
September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
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Primeproxy.ru alternative: the site is still publishing
primeproxy.ru was serving normally on September 16, 2026.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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