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SOCKS proxy for routing traffic through WiFi interface

Project description

hotspot-socks-proxy

A high-performance SOCKS5 proxy server designed to route traffic through WiFi interfaces. Perfect for scenarios where you need to ensure traffic goes through a specific network interface.

Features

Core Functionality

  • SOCKS5 proxy server with multi-process support
  • Automatic WiFi interface detection and validation
  • Built-in DNS resolution with multiple fallback options
  • Process pool management with automatic recovery
  • Clean shutdown handling

Performance & Reliability

  • Multi-process architecture for optimal performance
  • Thread-safe statistics tracking
  • Automatic process recovery on failure
  • Configurable DNS resolvers with fallback mechanisms
  • Connection pooling and timeout handling

User Interface

  • Real-time terminal UI with bandwidth monitoring
  • Live connection statistics
  • Clean terminal interface with borders
  • Keyboard controls (Ctrl-C to exit)
  • Automatic unit scaling for bandwidth display

Network Management

  • Automatic WiFi interface detection
  • Interface validation and filtering
  • IP address management
  • Support for both wireless and fallback interfaces

Additional Features

  • Clipboard integration for easy proxy configuration sharing
  • Support for both Windows and Unix-like systems
  • Root privilege checking
  • Comprehensive error handling and reporting

Installation

pip install hotspot-socks-proxy

Usage

Run the proxy server (requires root/admin privileges):

# Basic usage
sudo hotspot-proxy proxy

# Custom port and processes
sudo hotspot-proxy proxy --port 9050 --processes 4

Options

  • --processes/-p: Number of proxy processes (default: CPU count)
  • --port: Port to listen on (default: 9050)

Example Code

from hotspot_socks_proxy.core.proxy import create_proxy_server

# Start a SOCKS proxy server on localhost:9050 with 4 processes
create_proxy_server("127.0.0.1", 9050, 4)

Requirements

  • Python >= 3.12
  • Root/Administrator privileges for proper operation
  • Required packages (automatically installed):
    • typer: CLI interface
    • prompt-toolkit: Terminal UI
    • rich: Pretty output formatting
    • psutil: System and process utilities
    • pyperclip: Clipboard integration
    • dnspython: DNS resolution

Development

Project Structure

src/hotspot_socks_proxy/
├── cmd/                 # Command-line interface modules   ├── cli.py          # Main CLI entry point   ├── find_wifi.py    # WiFi interface detection   ├── http.py         # HTTP proxy implementation   └── socks.py        # SOCKS proxy interface
├── core/               # Core functionality   ├── lib/            # Core library components      ├── proxy_server.py    # Multi-process server      ├── proxy_stats.py     # Statistics tracking      ├── proxy_ui.py        # Terminal UI      └── socks_handler.py   # SOCKS protocol handler   ├── exceptions.py   # Custom exceptions   ├── network.py      # Network interface management   └── proxy.py        # Main entry point

Documentation

Full documentation is available at [GitHub Pages URL].

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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