Oproxy
inspect and modify network traffic from the browser
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HN · launched Jun 7, 2026 · 70 upvotes (top 12%) · 0 views
Niche: network proxy management tools · 112 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Partial The browser UI is simple to vibe-code, but intercepting, decrypting, and rewriting arbitrary network traffic from the browser requires low-level proxying and MITM certificate handling.
What it would actually take: Requires an HTTP/HTTPS/WebSocket man-in-the-middle proxy engine (written in Rust or Go) with a local root CA generation and installation workflow, communicating via WebSockets with a frontend inspector UI (like Chrome DevTools protocol). The challenge lies in reliable streaming chunk modification, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, and OS-level network interception.
Discussion
12 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: mitmproxy, Clawchrome, ferret
Concerns raised: Early phase, needs more human review and polish, Code quality issues, written by Claude without proper review, Web interface access not clearly documented, Docker-based deployment adds friction vs. native app, Browser built-in network inspector overlaps functionality
Feature requests: Better documentation for accessing web UI, Native app distribution instead of Docker, Traffic shaping capabilities
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1967 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #189 of 1968 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 219 days after the earliest competitor.
- packetlens · github · 2026-11-06 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- netspeedtray · github · 2026-10-22 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- A free Linux adaptation of NETworkManager by BornToBeRoot · hn · 2026-05-30 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go · hn · 2026-01-23 · 278 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- WinNetDiff · github · 2026-10-25 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- netprobe-ir · github · 2026-09-12 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- plexo · github · 2026-09-15 · 211 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Underweb · github · 2026-09-23 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.57
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