🕵️‍♂️ ProxyScraper

A high-performance multithreaded proxy scraper for Windows that fetches fresh HTTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies from a variety of public sources.

NOTE: This library isn't designed for production use. It's advised to use your own proxies or purchase a service which provides an API. These are merely free ones that are retrieved from sites and should only be used for development or testing purposes.

📌 Features

• Scrapes HTTP/S, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies
• Uses multithreading for fast downloads
• Saves each proxy type to a separate .txt file
• Displays colorful console banners and messages (ANSI)
• Uses Windows WinHTTP API (native, no third-party deps)

🚀 Getting Started

⚙️ Requirements

• Windows OS
• C++ Compiler preferably MinGW

🛠️ Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Chainski/ProxyScraper
cd ProxyScraper

2. Compile using MinGW:

windres assets\ProxyScraper.rc -O coff -o assets\ProxyScraper.o
g++ ProxyScraper.cpp assets\ProxyScraper.o -w -O2 -static -lpsapi -lwinhttp -lws2_32 -fexceptions -Wl,--gc-sections -pipe -s -o ProxyScraper.exe

3. Run the executable:

ProxyScraper.exe

📁 Output

• http.txt — All scraped HTTP/HTTPS proxies
• socks4.txt — All scraped SOCKS4 proxies
• socks5.txt — All scraped SOCKS5 proxies Files are appended each run with fresh results.

🔗 Proxy Sources

The scraper fetches proxies from over 30 reliable sources like:

• ProxyScrape
• JetKai
• TheSpeedX
• and more...

👨‍💻 Author

Chainski GitHub

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. You may copy, distribute, and modify the software as long as you track changes/dates in source files. All modifications must also be licensed under GPLv3. For full license text, see the LICENSE file or visit: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html