Sheepdog
流量牧羊犬：把绕过系统代理的终端流量，精准赶回本地代理。 / A macOS traffic sheepdog: herding stray developer connections back into your local proxy.
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GITHUB · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 29 upvotes (top 79%) · 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
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 112 launches in network proxy management tools →
Could you build this?
Partial The UI and proxy logic can be vibe-coded, but routing stray connections system-wide on macOS requires a Network Extension or system-level traffic capture, which needs Apple entitlements and careful, specialized system programming.
What it would actually take: The core is a macOS Network Extension (transparent proxy or packet filter) with a signed, notarized system extension and the entitlements Apple grants for it. Redirecting traffic correctly across apps, DNS, and IPv6 while avoiding loops and breakage requires systems-level macOS networking expertise. Testing is also slow because it depends on the OS sandbox and code-signing approval process.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 495 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #403 of 496 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 373 days after the earliest competitor.
- SheepTerm · ph · 2026-10-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- snake · github · 2026-09-11 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- shellwing · github · 2026-10-18 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- qurp · github · 2026-10-11 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- gozarbin · github · 2026-09-16 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- herdr-pocket · github · 2026-09-16 · 21 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- claude-proxy-guard · github · 2026-10-21 · 31 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- bastion · github · 2026-10-30 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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