# FoxyProxy

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/foxyproxy/

6 people recommended FoxyProxy in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for sending only chosen domains or URL patterns through a proxy from inside the browser, without containers or manual proxy settings.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Routes chosen domains or URL patterns (3 comments in the sample): "allows me to select a list of domains to re-direct through the socks proxy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172744)) "FoxyProxy's proxy by URL pattern would be what you'd want to use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46082391)) "This firefox addon will use a proxy based on URL patterns." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46082279))
- Solves the task in a browser plugin (2 comments in the sample): "In the past, I've used plugins to do just what you ask.  FoxyProxy Standard did the trick" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664631)) "implement transparent rule-based routing without containers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48683600))

## Other browser extensions people recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock/): 125 recommend, 5 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers/): 54 recommend, 18 mixed, 11 criticize
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript/): 50 recommend, 9 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook/): 44 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FoxyProxy", https://hackerapproved.com/p/foxyproxy/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.