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proxy-chain

Node.js implementation of a proxy server (think Squid) with support for SSL, authentication, upstream proxy chaining, and protocol tunneling.

v3.0.1, 8 Sept 2026Apache-2.0ESM onlyTypes: BundledScraping and browser automation
$ npm install proxy-chain

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
422.5k
+145% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
16 days ago
v3.0.1
GitHub stars
1k
167 forks
Open issues / PRs
19 / 4
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
62

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 784.7k (21 Apr 2026)Low 176.4k (23 Sept 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

422,540 downloads last week, 2,086,392 in the last month. The 12-month change of +145% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
692 in total
Latest version
3.0.1, 8 Sept 202616 days ago
First published
16 Nov 2017
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
19
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
62
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 19 May 2026
  2. v2 first release 2.0.1, 2 May 2022
  3. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Mar 2021
  4. v0 first release 0.0.1, 16 Nov 2017

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.0.18 Sept 2026
3.0.019 May 2026
2.7.113 Jan 2026
2.7.011 Dec 2025
2.6.18 Dec 2025
2.6.019 Nov 2025
2.5.92 Jun 2025
2.5.828 Mar 2025
2.5.710 Mar 2025
2.5.63 Dec 2024
2.5.517 Nov 2024
2.5.415 Oct 2024
2.5.321 Aug 2024
2.5.219 Aug 2024
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20.11
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
120 kB
Dependencies (3)
sockstslibsocks-proxy-agent
npm install proxy-chain
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/proxy-chain@3.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/proxy-chain@3.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/proxy-chain@3.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.