Proxy-List-World

How the scraper works

Proxy List World is a lightweight project that, according to its README, scrapes many free proxy sites every ten minutes, validates whether each proxy works, and then serves a clean proxy list. At the latest update mentioned in the README, the scraper found 5,002 proxies, of which 385 were listed as usable in the served files. The README frames the broader effort as scanning the entire open source proxy list in the world and producing new proxies collectively, with new sources added over time and the list kept open source. The served data is offered in three formats. A plain text file gives ip address and port pairs, one per line. A JSON file gives ip and port as structured fields. A third JSON file adds geolocation information to each entry. This structure lets a user pick the format that fits their tooling without extra parsing work. The project is positioned as a continuously refreshed mirror of public proxy data rather than a curated or paid list.

Where the proxies come from

The sources table in the README lists more than ten upstream providers and shows how many proxies each one contributed and whether the fetch succeeded. Free-proxy-list.net and us-proxy.org each returned 300 proxies and were marked successful. Proxyscrape contributed 785 and was marked successful. Several GitHub based lists also fed the project, including clarketm/proxy-list with 400, monosans/proxy-list with 502, and TheSpeedX/PROXY-List with 2,783, all marked successful. Other sources such as proxydb.net, free-proxy-list.com, proxy-list.download, proxyscan.io and proxylist.geonode.com returned zero and were marked as not contributing in the snapshot. The sample table shows twenty concrete examples with ip, port, country, city and internet service provider, drawn from places like South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, the United States, Thailand, Malaysia, India, France, Germany and the Netherlands. The mix of cloud providers such as Oracle, Google, Alibaba and Amazon alongside residential and academic networks is typical of aggregated public proxy feeds.

How to use and contribute

Usage is deliberately simple: a user clicks the file format they want and copies the raw URL, then points their tooling at that URL. The README invites contributions and says they are appreciated, with credit always given, which fits the open source framing of the project. The list is described as always open source, and new proxy sources are said to be added day by day as the scraper expands its coverage. The repository carries 180 stars and 15 forks with 4 open issues at the time of this writing, and the default branch is master. The practical limitation is that these are free public proxies, so availability and speed are not guaranteed and the usable count swings as sources come and go. The concrete deliverable is the three served files, refreshed on a ten minute cycle, that turn a noisy set of upstream feeds into a smaller validated list with optional geolocation data.

Editorial conclusion

Proxy List World runs on the master branch with 180 stars and 15 forks, refreshes its validated list every ten minutes, and serves it as plain text, JSON and a geolocation enriched JSON built from more than ten upstream sources.