owl-proxy 0.1.2

MITM proxy with CA certificate management - server, client, and certificate tools

Owl Proxy

MITM proxy with CA certificate management — server, client, and certificate tools.

Install

pip install owl-proxy

Quick Start

# 1. Generate CA certificate
owl-proxy cert generate

# 2. Install CA into OS trust store
owl-proxy cert install

# 3a. Run as a standalone proxy server
owl-proxy server --port 8443 --auth user:pass

# 3b. Run as a local MITM client (direct mode)
owl-proxy client --direct

# 3c. Run client forwarding through a remote server
owl-proxy client --remote https://my-server:8443 --auth user:pass

Modes

Server

Run on any machine (Raspberry Pi, VPS, etc.) as a proxy server:

owl-proxy server --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8443 --auth user:pass

Client

Run locally as a MITM proxy that intercepts HTTPS traffic:

# Direct mode — fetches URLs itself
owl-proxy client --direct --port 8080

# Remote mode — forwards through an Owl Proxy server
owl-proxy client --remote https://my-pi:8443 --auth user:pass

Certificate Management

owl-proxy cert generate          # Create new CA
owl-proxy cert install           # Trust CA system-wide
owl-proxy cert info              # Show CA details
owl-proxy cert export -d ./      # Copy CA cert for sharing
owl-proxy cert uninstall         # Remove from trust store

Configuration

Settings can be provided via CLI flags, environment variables, or both:

Environment Variable	Description
OWL_PROXY_HOST	Server bind address
OWL_PROXY_PORT	Server bind port
OWL_PROXY_USERNAME	Auth username
OWL_PROXY_PASSWORD	Auth password
OWL_PROXY_TOKEN	Bearer token
OWL_PROXY_TIMEOUT	Request timeout (seconds)
OWL_CLIENT_HOST	Client listen address
OWL_CLIENT_PORT	Client listen port
OWL_REMOTE_SERVER	Remote server URL

Data is stored in ~/.owl-proxy/ by default (respects XDG_DATA_HOME).