go-socks5-proxy

September 25, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

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Simple socks5 server using go-socks5 with authentication, allowed ips list and destination FQDNs filtering

Examples

  • Run docker container using default container port 1080 and expose it to world using host port 1080, with auth creds

    docker run -d --name socks5 -p 1080:1080 -e PROXY_USER=<PROXY_USER> -e PROXY_PASSWORD=<PROXY_PASSWORD> serjs/go-socks5-proxy

  • Run docker container using specific container port and expose it to host port 1090

    docker run -d --name socks5 -p 1090:9090 -e PROXY_USER=<PROXY_USER> -e PROXY_PASSWORD=<PROXY_PASSWORD> -e PROXY_PORT=9090 serjs/go-socks5-proxy

List of supported config parameters

ENV variableTypeDefaultDescription
REQUIRE_AUTHStringtrueAllow accepting socks5 connections without auth creds. Not recommended untill you use other protections mechanisms like Whitelists Subnets using Firewall or Proxy itself
PROXY_USERStringEMPTYSet proxy user (also required existed PROXY_PASS)
PROXY_PASSWORDStringEMPTYSet proxy password for auth, used with PROXY_USER
PROXY_PORTString1080Set listen port for application inside docker container
ALLOWED_DEST_FQDNStringEMPTYAllowed destination address regular expression pattern. Default allows all.
ALLOWED_IPSStringEmptySet allowed IP's that can connect to proxy, separator ,

Build your own image:

docker-compose -f docker-compose.build.yml up -d
Just don't forget to set parameters in the .env file (cp .env.example .env) and edit it with your config parameters

Test running service

Assuming that you are using container on 1080 host docker port

Without authentication

curl --socks5 <docker host ip>:1080 https://ipinfo.io - result must show docker host ip (for bridged network)

or

docker run --rm curlimages/curl:7.65.3 -s --socks5 <docker host ip>:1080 https://ipinfo.io

With authentication

curl --socks5 <docker host ip>:1080 -U <PROXY_USER>:<PROXY_PASSWORD> https://ipinfo.io

or

docker run --rm curlimages/curl:7.65.3 -s --socks5 <PROXY_USER>:<PROXY_PASSWORD>@<docker host ip>:1080 https://ipinfo.io

Authors

  • Sergey Bogayrets

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.