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Free proxies
Free Proxies for Character.AI: What Works, What Cloudflare Blocks, and the Token Risk
Free proxies for Character.AI, measured: we pointed 50 fresh free proxies at character.ai and counted how many Cloudflare let through. What free handles (a filtered network), what it cannot (the queue, the age rule, a safe login), and the session-token risk.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxies for Chess.com: What Works, What Cannot, and What We Measured
Free proxies for Chess.com, split by job: reaching the site on a blocked school network, playing through one, and the public API. We pointed 50 free proxies at Chess.com and counted. What free handles, and what it costs you on the clock.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Git Proxy Settings: How to Set, Unset, and Fix Every Proxy Error
How git finds its proxy and which setting wins, measured with Git 2.51, how to set, disable and remove it, and the fix for each error, in the wording today's git prints.
August 24, 2026 · 10 min read
Guide
Roblox API Proxy: Fix the HttpService 403 and Read the Real Rate Limits
HttpService refuses the roblox.com web API, so swapping the host clears the 403 in one edit. The per-endpoint rate limits, measured again on September 16, 2026, and the batch endpoints decide how much one address can read.
August 11, 2026 · 27 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxies for Roblox: What Works, What Cannot, and Why
Free proxies for Roblox, split by job: reaching the site on a blocked network, playing through a proxy, and calling the Roblox API. What free handles, what it cannot, and what Roblox actually measures.
July 11, 2026 · 19 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxies for Web Scraping: What 5,000 Requests Showed, and How to Use Them
We sent 20 requests in a row through each of 250 free proxies from our list. 13 answered all 20. What that means for a scraper, and how to use them.
July 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Use case
Proxies for Playwright: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
How to set a proxy in Playwright: login fields, one IP per browser context, SOCKS5 limits, installs behind a proxy, and which proxy type fits each job.
July 11, 2026 · 10 min read
Free proxies
How to Check If a Proxy Is Working: Four Tests, and What We Found
How to check if a proxy works: alive, exit country, speed and anonymity. We checked our own free list again: about half answered within 20 seconds.
July 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
How to set up a proxy in Chrome
Chrome uses the proxy set in Windows or macOS. How to set it there, how to send only Chrome through a proxy with an extension or a flag, and how to check it, turn it off and fix its errors. Tested on Chrome 153 in September 2026.
July 2, 2026 · 12 min read
Guide
How to Use Proxies With cURL: Flags, Gotchas and Copy-Paste Recipes
Every way to route curl through a proxy: -x syntax, SOCKS5 against socks5h, proxy auth, --noproxy and the environment rules, what a stub proxy recorded for each, and how many curl users run proxies.
July 2, 2026 · 13 min read
Guide
Proxies for Web Scraping: Which Type to Use, How to Rotate, What It Costs
Which proxies to use for web scraping, from our test of 52 retail sites and the per-GB prices of 64 sellers: types by target, rotation, hygiene and code.
July 2, 2026 · 14 min read
Proxies that don't die mid-job
Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile, verified by the same engine that runs tens of millions of checks. They read as a real device and hold up under load. Pay as you go, and your balance never expires. $0.44/GB is the 2,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.
129M+ proxy checks run · 100+ countries · HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS · re-checked every few minutes · no signup
HProxy.
Honest guides and comparisons on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that runs the network.