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SocksTun vs DumDum: catalog facts
SocksTun	DumDum

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

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