What is a SOCKS5 proxy?
SOCKS5 tunnels any TCP traffic, adds UDP support and can resolve hostnames on the proxy side (remote DNS), which keeps your resolver from leaking the target. It is protocol-agnostic: HTTP, WebSocket, SMTP and database connections all pass through unchanged.
SOCKS5 is the most capable option and the right default for scraping stacks that support it — Playwright, Puppeteer, requests with PySocks, and most HTTP clients. Use remote DNS to avoid resolving the target locally.
Copy and use
One command per format. Stable paths that never move.
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xyzs996/free-proxy-health-list/main/proxies/protocols/socks5/data.txt -o socks5.txtcurl --socks5-hostname 203.0.113.10:1080 https://api.ipify.orgDownload files
Every list ships as TXT, JSON and CSV on stable, cacheable URLs.
Other protocols
Frequently asked questions
Are these free proxies safe to use?
Free public proxies are shared and run by unknown operators, so never send passwords, tokens or personal data through them. Use them for testing, scraping public pages and automation — not sensitive traffic.
How often is the proxy list updated?
Every proxy is re-checked and the list republished every 30 minutes. Each JSON record carries a lastChecked timestamp and a latency value so you can drop stale or slow entries yourself.
What does 'verified' actually mean here?
Each entry completed a protocol-correct handshake and relayed a real request end to end before publication. Entries that only answered a TCP connect are not published.
Why do some proxies stop working within minutes?
Free proxies are volatile by nature — they appear and disappear constantly. That is exactly why the list is re-checked every 30 minutes and sorted fastest-first. Always loop to the next entry on failure.
Free public proxies are shared and operated by unknown parties. Never send passwords, tokens or personal data through them. Follow the GitHub Acceptable Use Policies: no spam, no attacks, no bypassing access controls, no scraping against site policies.