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DumDum vs SocksTun: catalog facts
DumDum	SocksTun
Best for: Android users who want to send their traffic through their own proxy server	Best for: Sending all Android traffic through your own SOCKS5 proxy
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Android	Android
Supports SOCKS, HTTP and HTTPS proxies Uses VpnService to route device traffic without root All 4 strengths for DumDum Supports SOCKS, HTTP and HTTPS proxies Uses VpnService to route device traffic without root Minimal interface Available on F-Droid	Redirects both TCP and UDP traffic Username and password authentication for the proxy All 4 strengths for SocksTun Redirects both TCP and UDP traffic Username and password authentication for the proxy Custom DNS and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack Lightweight and simple
You need your own proxy server Android only All 3 limitations for DumDum You need your own proxy server Android only Small project with no tagged GitHub releases	Requires a SOCKS5 proxy server you already have Not a VPN service; it does not provide servers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for DumDum dumdum.dev github.com/Project-Mandarin/DumDum Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SocksTun github.com/heiher/sockstun f-droid.org/packages/hev.sockstun Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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