{
  "id": "proxychains",
  "name": "proxychains-ng",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng",
  "description": "A preloader which hooks calls to sockets in dynamically linked programs and redirects it through one or more socks/http proxies.",
  "executables": [
    "proxychains",
    "proxychains4"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "macos",
    "linux"
  ],
  "dotfiles": {
    "paths": [
      "~/.proxychains/proxychains.conf"
    ],
    "exclude": [],
    "secret": [],
    "side_effect": false,
    "secret_paths": [
      {
        "file": "~/.proxychains/proxychains.conf",
        "match": {
          "prefix": [
            "socks5",
            "http"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "commands": {
    "format": 1,
    "label": "Run through proxies",
    "description": "Run a program with its TCP connections forced through the configured proxy chain. Uses proxychains4; chain mode and proxy list live in the config file.",
    "quality": "ai-draft",
    "parser": {
      "end_of_options": "--",
      "interleave": "permute",
      "long_equals": false,
      "short_attached": false,
      "short_bundles": false
    },
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "man",
        "kind": "manual",
        "url": "https://manpages.debian.org/testing/proxychains4/proxychains4.1.en.html",
        "revision": "2026-10-27",
        "evidence": "proxychains4 --help\nproxychains4 [ -f configfile.conf ] <program>\n"
      }
    ],
    "field": [
      {
        "id": "config",
        "label": "Config file",
        "description": "Defaults to the search order documented by proxychains-ng when empty.",
        "type": "path",
        "path": {
          "kind": "file",
          "role": "input"
        },
        "option": [
          "-f"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "man"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "program",
        "label": "Program",
        "type": "string",
        "position": 0,
        "min": 1,
        "sources": [
          "man"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "args",
        "label": "Program arguments",
        "type": "string",
        "position": 1,
        "multiple": true,
        "sources": [
          "man"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "task": [
      {
        "id": "run",
        "label": "Run a program via proxies",
        "fields": [
          "program",
          "args"
        ],
        "required": [
          "program"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "run_conf",
        "label": "Run with a specific config",
        "fields": [
          "config",
          "program",
          "args"
        ],
        "required": [
          "config",
          "program"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "group": [
      {
        "id": "basic",
        "label": "Basic",
        "fields": [
          "config",
          "program",
          "args"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}