Proxy privacy ratings
Proxy software for routing traffic.
8 proxies are rated against 4 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 3 with a known jurisdiction, 3 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 3 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source proxies only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-caching web proxy that filters web pages and HTTP headers to remove ads and trackers, with configurable access control and support for chaining to Tor. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Universal proxy platform that supports Shadowsocks, VLESS, Trojan, Hysteria 2, WireGuard and other protocols with rule-based routing, available as a command-line core and official graphical clients. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Proxy platform maintained by the V2Fly community that supports VMess, VLESS, Shadowsocks, Trojan and other protocols with configurable routing, used as a server and client core for censorship circumvention. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Proxy core forked from V2Ray by Project X, adding the XTLS, VLESS and REALITY transports for censorship circumvention; runs as a server or client and powers many third-party apps. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Tool for setting up a personal Shadowsocks-based VPN server on a cloud provider and sharing access keys, with a manager app for servers and client apps for users. |
Grade C | 70 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Encrypted SOCKS5-based proxy protocol designed to bypass internet censorship, with open-source server and client implementations for desktop and mobile platforms. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Censorship circumvention app and VPN that routes traffic through Lantern's proxy network with obfuscated protocols, offering a free tier and paid Pro plans. |
Grade F | 15 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Partial | No | No | No |
Censorship circumvention tool that connects through a network of Psiphon servers using several obfuscated transport protocols, switching automatically when one is blocked. |
Grade F | 15 | 100% | Canada Five Eyes | Partial | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among proxies?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are proxies rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.