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Dante vs socks5-proxy-server: catalog facts
Dante	socks5-proxy-server
Free The software is released under a BSD/CMU-type license; commercial support and modules are…	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Linux, Command line	Self-hosted
Includes both SOCKS server and client Supports traffic control, resource limits and logging	Simple Docker Compose setup Per-user data usage statistics
Commercial modules are available separately	Small single-developer project User management relies on scripts or the bot, with no web interface
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
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 2, 2026

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