Good OpenProxyList.com alternatives are free-proxy-list.net, ProxyScrape and Spys.me: each relayed 25 to 34% of our sample in a September 2026 test. OpenProxyList.com itself is a free list of public proxies, V2Ray and OpenVPN servers that names no operator and was not in that test. For logins or one fixed country, a paid proxy fits better.
Open Proxy List is live at openproxylist.com, and it sells no proxies. On September 27, 2026, it listed 816 free public proxies in 87 countries, next to public V2Ray and OpenVPN servers. It needs no sign-up, shows ads and names nobody behind it. Its GitHub files, which feed the downloads, have shrunk from 3,602 addresses in May 2021 to 304 on November 7, 2026. The alternatives are in the table below.
Is Open Proxy List legit? The record in one table
| what we read on September 27, 2026 | |
|---|---|
| website | openproxylist.com answers normally, behind Cloudflare |
| operator | none named: the terms say only "our Company" |
| what it offers | free proxy, V2Ray and OpenVPN lists, and a proxy checker |
| how it earns | ads, by its privacy policy, and donations on its GitHub lists |
| price | free, with no sign-up |
| domain | registered April 7, 2021, through NameCheap |
| Trustpilot | no page we could read, and no archived copy |
It is a free list with a five-year record in its current form, and what it does not publish is who runs it.
What the free lists offer
The proxy page sorts public proxies by country, port, speed, type and anonymity. On September 27, 2026, it showed 816 addresses in 87 countries, with 137 in Indonesia, 95 in India and 57 in Brazil. The site says it checks "every public proxy in minute-level intervals". We did not measure the list, so that check is its own claim. On November 7, 2026, the text of the proxy page held download links and no list. With no count to read, we could not count the site again.
The download buttons lead to a public GitHub repository of the same name, created in April 2021 and updated every hour. At 08:00 UTC on September 27, its files held 88 HTTP(S), 150 SOCKS4 and 3 SOCKS5 addresses. The repository had 929 stars that day and 945 on November 7.
Two more lists sit beside the proxies. On September 27 the V2Ray page showed 909 servers in 53 countries, and the OpenVPN page 796 servers in 23 countries. A free checker on the same site tests up to 100 proxies at a time.
How the GitHub list has shrunk since 2021
The repository keeps its whole history, 303,452 commits since April 2021, so its size can be read for any date. We took the files as they stood on the first of May and November each year, and on November 7, 2026. Then we counted distinct addresses across the three proxy files.
The files held 3,602 addresses in May 2021 and 304 on November 7, 2026, about a twelfth. In 2021 the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 files carried the same addresses, which is why we count each address once. Since November 2024 the SOCKS4 file has held exactly 150 addresses in every sample. On November 7, 2026, the HTTPS file and the V2Ray file held 150 each too.
The site has shown more than its files. On September 27 it listed 816 proxies while the GitHub files held 241. A script that reads the files gets a smaller list than a visitor sees.
The fine print
Public servers, public risk. Its FAQ says plainly: "They are public servers." Someone you do not know runs each one, so treat every entry as untrusted.
No owner on record. The terms and the privacy policy are general templates that name no company, no address and no law.
Ads pay for it. The privacy policy names Google advertising cookies, and the GitHub lists ask for donations in crypto.
How openproxylist.com got here
| date | what the record shows |
|---|---|
| October 11, 2007 | an earlier owner runs a directory of web proxy sites at this address |
| April 23, 2015 | the address shows an error page |
| April 7, 2021 | openproxylist.com is registered again |
| April 11, 2021 | a free proxy list with 7,789 addresses in 129 countries |
| January 28, 2023 | 4,377 addresses in 122 countries |
| January 1, 2025 | "Free VPN & Proxy": V2Ray and OpenVPN lists join the proxies |
| September 27, 2026 | 816 addresses in 87 countries |
Oct 11, 2007
An earlier owner runs a directory of web proxy sites at this address
Apr 23, 2015
The address shows an error page
Apr 7, 2021
Openproxylist.com is registered again
Apr 11, 2021
A free proxy list with 7,789 addresses in 129 countries
Jan 28, 2023
4,377 addresses in 122 countries
Jan 1, 2025
"Free VPN & Proxy": V2Ray and OpenVPN lists join the proxies
Sep 27, 2026
816 addresses in 87 countries
Sources: the domain registry, the Internet Archive and its own pages, read the same day. Nothing links the 2007 directory to the current site.
Open Proxy List alternatives for free and paid proxies
On September 9, 2026, we took a random sample from eleven free lists and opened every address in it. This list was not in that test. The rows below come from our test of eleven free lists.
| list | addresses listed | share that relayed our sample, September 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Open Proxy List | 816 on September 27 | not in our test |
| free-proxy-list.net | 300 | 34.2% |
| ProxyScrape | 624 to 671 | 26.7% |
| Spys.me | 400 | 25.0% |
| TheSpeedX (GitHub) | 3,024 | 7.5% |
| Proxifly (GitHub) | 2,385 | 2.5% |
A longer list did not relay more that day. TheSpeedX published 3,024 addresses and relayed 7.5 percent, while free-proxy-list.net published 300 and relayed 34.2 percent. Our own free proxy list comes from an engine that has run 129M checks across 110 sources, as measured on 2026-08-11.
When free proxies are not enough, paid traffic removes the guesswork. Our Residential Lite costs $0.50 per GB for a first gigabyte, with country targeting. Premium costs $1.49 per GB and adds state, city and ISP targeting. Both are on our price table.
Where Open Proxy List is the better choice
Three kinds of free server in one place. Proxies, V2Ray servers and OpenVPN servers sit side by side, with no account.
Plain text on GitHub. The lists come as text files in a public repository, updated every hour, which suits scripts.
Filters for each list. Country, port, speed, type and anonymity filters narrow the proxy list in the browser.
Where HProxy is the better fit
Measured numbers. We publish what our tests found, with the date, for the free lists we compare. Its checks every minute are its own claim.
A checker for large lists. Our free proxy checker tests up to 100,000 proxies without an account. Its checker takes up to 100 at a time.
A company you can name. HProxy is run by Obsidian UG in Herford, Germany, with its register number in our imprint. Open Proxy List names no one.
Paid proxies when free ones fail. Our paid proxies come with targeting and a balance that never expires.
Before you commit
Pull a sample from any free list and run it through our proxy checker before you rely on it. Send nothing private through a public proxy, and if most addresses fail, test a gigabyte of paid traffic next.
Other free proxy lists we cover
Pages on lists of the same kind: TheSpeedX PROXY-List, monosans proxy-list, ProxyScrape and free-proxy-list.net.
What this page could not check
We did not test Open Proxy List, so its counts and its checks every minute are its own figures. On November 7, 2026, the text of its proxy page held no list, so the site could not be counted again. Its GitHub files carry fewer addresses than the site showed. Each point of the GitHub series is one hourly update. The May 2024 point is the update of April 2, 2024, because the files went a month without a new one. This page is due for a check by January 7, 2027.
Sources
Every source below was read on September 27, 2026, unless a line says otherwise.
- Open Proxy List: homepage, proxy, V2Ray and OpenVPN lists, proxy checker, terms and privacy policy; the proxy page read again on November 7, 2026.
- GitHub, the repository behind its downloads (roosterkid/openproxylist) and its hourly text files; twelve snapshots from May 1, 2021, to November 7, 2026, read through the GitHub API on November 7, 2026.
- Verisign, the registry record for openproxylist.com.
- Internet Archive, captures of openproxylist.com from October 11, 2007, to January 7, 2026.
- HProxy, our test of eleven free proxy lists, September 9, 2026.
- HProxy, our free proxy engine figures, product catalog, price table and imprint.
