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Dante vs MicroSocks: catalog facts
Dante	MicroSocks
Free The software is released under a BSD/CMU-type license; commercial support and modules are…	Free Free to use; the repository identifies the license as MIT.
Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Includes both SOCKS server and client Supports traffic control, resource limits and logging	Supports IPv4, DNS and IPv6 Can run without a configuration file
Commercial modules are available separately	Provides a SOCKS5 proxy service rather than a graphical client
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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