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Phantomjs vs Proxychains

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

Phantomjs

Phantomjs

Development

PhantomJS is an open-source headless web browser scriptable with JavaScript. It is used for automating web page interactions, testing, web scraping, and capturing website screenshots. PhantomJS implements web standards and runs the latest web technologies without requiring a visual browser.

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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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