SOCKS5 Proxy/Orbot Support

[Woman-at-arms]

Many package managers and other apps have proxy configuration support.

This is especially useful for guarding package managers against MITM when paired with tor.

See how Kicksecure/Whonix and Qubes updates work for example.

I would love to see SOCKS5 proxy or native Orbot support in Obtainium!

[ImranR98]

An HTTP proxy option can definitely be added. Not familiar with SOCKS5 though. For Orbot, doesn't it act as a VPN that any app's traffic can be passed through?

[Woman-at-arms]

Orbot supports both proxy and VPN modes. The default is proxy mode, where it runs a local SOCKS5 proxy.

SOCKS5 is the most modern type of HTTP proxy and the one that Orbot supports.

Proxy mode for Orbot is generally preferable, since you can use it when you already have a VPN.

[kyclol]

+1

this option is needed to be able to download from tor/i2p git repos

[Solomon1732]

Orbot also supports HTTP proxy. The default is port 8118. You can add that then add SOCKS5 at a later date.

[ThePhoDit]

This feature would be great IMO. It would work with already present services like custom F-droid repos or web scraping

[Solomon1732]

An HTTP proxy option can definitely be added. Not familiar with SOCKS5 though. For Orbot, doesn't it act as a VPN that any app's traffic can be passed through?

@ImranR98 I don't know if you read what I said above, about Orbot also supporting HTTP proxy?