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Homebrew Cask vs Proxychains

A side-by-side look at Homebrew Cask and Proxychains. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Homebrew Cask

Homebrew Cask

Os & Utilities

Homebrew Cask is a command-line tool that simplifies the installation of desktop applications on MacOS. It extends Homebrew to quickly install macOS apps and other binaries into their own self-contained Caskroom so they don't interfere with other applications.

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Proxychains

Proxychains

Security & Privacy

Proxychains is an open-source proxy tool for Linux and Unix-like systems that forces network traffic through proxy servers. It allows any TCP-based application to use a SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5 or HTTP proxy without needing to configure the application itself.

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