pyproxy is a lightweight, fast, and customizable Python-based web proxy server designed to handle both HTTP and HTTPS traffic efficiently. It can be used for various purposes, including web scraping, traffic monitoring, and content filtering.

⚡ Features

📦 Installation

Install from package

pip install pyproxytools

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/pyproxytools/pyproxy.git
cd pyproxy
pip install -r requirements.txt

Install with Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/pyproxytools/pyproxy:latest
docker run -d ghcr.io/pyproxytools/pyproxy:latest

You can use slim images by adding -slim to the end of the tags

Install with Compose

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyproxytools/pyproxy/main/docker-compose.yml
docker-compose up -d

🚀 Usage

Start the proxy

python3 -m pyproxy

The proxy will be available at: 0.0.0.0:8080. The access log will be available at ./logs/access.log.

📚 Documentation

If you encounter any problems, or if you want to use the program in a particular way, I advise you to read the documentation.

🔧 To do

• Support content analysis
• Caching of latest and most searched pages

🏎️ Benchmark

If you're interested in benchmarking the performance of the proxy or comparing request times with and without a proxy, please refer to the Benchmark repository for detailed instructions on how to run the benchmarking tests and generate reports.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome and appreciated! If you'd like to improve this project, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request. Whether it's fixing bugs, adding new features, improving documentation, or suggesting enhancements, every bit helps. Please make sure to follow the coding standards and test your changes before submitting. Let's build something great together!

📦 Deployment with Ansible

If you want to deploy pyproxy automatically to remote servers (via source or Docker), an official Ansible role is available:

• 🔧 Install from source or run as a Docker container
• 📁 Supports customization of ports, versions, and paths
• 🚀 Easily integrable into your infrastructure or CI/CD pipelines

👉 Check out the pyproxy-ansible repository for more details and usage instructions.

🧩 Python SDK for Administration and Monitoring

A dedicated Python SDK is available to interact programmatically with the pyproxy administration and monitoring interface: pyproxy-sdk-py. This SDK provides a simple and consistent API to manage your proxy configuration remotely — allowing you to add or delete domains, manage URLs, create and remove clients, and perform other administrative tasks. It is designed to integrate easily into automation scripts, dashboards, or backend systems that need to control and monitor pyproxy instances.