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What happened to proxygerman.net, and what still works

Proxygerman.net was a free web proxy the archive first saved in September 2017. What it was, when it stopped, what the name does today, and a list that is still checked.

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proxygerman.net does not exist any more. The name stopped resolving, so a browser cannot even find a server to ask, and the last time anything answered there was September 2017.

The site behind the name

The Internet Archive's first working copy of proxygerman.net is from September 2017 and it holds 3 days of captures in total.

It ran on PHProxy, the script behind most free web proxies of that era.

Somebody submitted it to workingproxysites.com 10 years ago, and the directory counted 343 clicks on it.

How it ended

The last capture that returned a page at all is from 9 September 2017.

Where the address points now

We checked proxygerman.net on 10 September 2026 from our own server. No address comes back for it at all, so a browser gives up before it can ask for a page.

What still works

The replacement for a dead web proxy is not another name to remember. Our free proxy list shows when each entry was last checked and re-verifies every few minutes, and the checker tests an address you bring yourself.

Free proxies stay shared and short lived. For opening a blocked page that is usually enough, and for anything that has to work at a particular moment it is not.

What this page cannot tell you

Why it stopped is not in the record. A dead name and an archive that runs out show that something ended, not the reason for it, and we will not put a reason in print that the record does not carry.

Our status check is one day from one vantage point, and a site that refuses requests from data centres would look the same as one that is switched off. We will check this page again by 1 January 2027.

Sources

  • Internet Archive, capture index for proxygerman.net, first capture 31 March 2017, most recent capture 9 September 2017. Read 2026-09-10.
  • workingproxysites.com listing for proxygerman.net, https://workingproxysites.com/recent-proxies.php?start=90, captured 10 September 2026.
  • Our own status check of proxygerman.net and of all 8,948 sites listed on the same directory, 10 September 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is proxygerman.net still working?
No. The name no longer resolves, which we checked on 10 September 2026 from our own server. The last working page the Internet Archive holds is from September 2017.
What can I use instead of proxygerman.net?
A list that is re-checked rather than a name someone remembers. Our free proxy list is re-verified every few minutes, so entries that stop answering drop off it. Free proxies stay shared and short lived, so anything behind a login will still break.

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