ProxyToggle - One-Click SOCKS Proxy & SSH Tunnel for macOS

• 🔒 Need a simple way to toggle a SOCKS proxy and secure your connection?
• 🚀 ProxyToggle makes it effortless—just one click from your macOS menu bar.

Whether you’re working remotely, bypassing network restrictions, or securing your browsing, ProxyToggle handles everything for you.

⚡ Why Use ProxyToggle?

• 🖥️ Menu Bar Integration – No need to run terminal commands—just click the menu bar icon.
• 🔄 One-Click Control – Instantly enable/disable your SOCKS proxy & SSH tunnel.
• 🛠 Automatic Process Management – Detects & manages SSH processes, so you don’t have to.
• 🔗 Persistent SSH Tunnel – Keeps your connection stable and auto-kills outdated sessions.
• 🛑 No More Manual Commands – Forget typing ssh -D 8181 apollo every time.

📥 How to Get ProxyToggle

• 💾 Visit the project on Github

🔧 How to Install ProxyToggle (For Developers)

If you want to build ProxyToggle from source, here’s how:

1️⃣ Install Dependencies

Make sure you have Python 3.12+ installed. Then run: pip install -r requirements.txt

2️⃣ Build the App

Run: pyinstaller --noconsole --onefile --windowed --name=ProxyToggle --icon=ProxyToggle.icns --add-data "ProxyToggle.icns:." proxy_toggle.py

The app will be available in the dist/ folder.

3️⃣ Move to Applications Folder

mv dist/ProxyToggle.app /Applications/

🚀 How to Use ProxyToggle

🔹 Start ProxyToggle

You can manually start ProxyToggle from Terminal: /Applications/ProxyToggle.app/Contents/MacOS/ProxyToggle &

Or, to keep it running even after closing Terminal: nohup /Applications/ProxyToggle.app/Contents/MacOS/ProxyToggle > /dev/null 2>&1 &

🔹 Toggle Proxy

Click the menu bar icon to enable/disable the SOCKS proxy instantly.

🔹 Auto-Launch at Login

1. Open System Settings → General → Login Items.
2. Click + and select ProxyToggle.app.

🛠 Built With

•	🐍 Python 3.12
•	🖥 Rumps (macOS Menu Bar Framework)
•	📦 PyInstaller (App Packaging)

📝 Future Features

• 💡 Status indicators for SSH connection
• 💡 Auto-detect network changes & re-enable proxy
• 💡 Customizable proxy & SSH settings
• 💡 Launch at startup & integrate with macOS plist

📜 License

ProxyToggle is open-source under the MIT License.