Before you install
System Requirements
Last updated: 2026-07-19
Required
- macOS 13 Ventura or later.
- Apple Silicon (M-series) or Intel Mac.
- About 50 MB of disk space.
- Administrator rights at install time, to approve the system extension.
- The app must live in your Applications folder to activate its system extension.
How it works (why the system extension)
ProxyRouter uses macOS's Network Extension (transparent proxy) to route traffic per app. On first launch, macOS will ask you to approve the extension in System Settings → Privacy & Security. This is Apple's standard mechanism and runs entirely on your machine.
You bring your own
ProxyRouter contains no proxy core and provides no nodes or subscriptions. You need your own SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy upstream (self-hosted or third-party) to route traffic to. The Software only decides which app goes to which proxy.
Distribution & updates
Distributed as a Developer ID-signed, Apple-notarized DMG from this site, with built-in auto-updates. Not on the Mac App Store (a limitation of the system extension it needs).