SNOWFLAKE-PROXY(1)
π SNOWFLAKE-PROXY π
okay bestie, welcome to snowflake-proxy, a User Command, one (1) of the most iconic little helpers in the whole Tor-adjacent universe. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry π, we're doing this.
β¨ NAME β¨
snowflake-proxy β WebRTC pluggable transport proxy for Tor π¦
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
So here's the vibe: Snowflake helps users circumvent censorship by making a WebRTC connection to volunteer proxies. Those proxies then relay Tor traffic to a Snowflake bridge and from there it goes on through the Tor network. it's giving "one tiny snowflake, one giant network" energy fr fr π
like. you're the proxy. you're the volunteer. you're the main character. the connection is WebRTC, the traffic is Tor's, and the whole thing works because people like you just... leave it running. iconic behavior honestly π
π Usage of snowflake-proxy: π
these are the flags, bestie. every single one. no skipping, no summarizing, we don't do that here π
-brokerstring β the broker URL (default"https://snowflake-broker.torproject.net/"). this is the matchmaker that sets you up with clients, slay.-capacityuint β maximum concurrent clients (default10). yes queen, you have a limit, don't overdo it π«Ά-keep-local-addressesβ keep local LAN address ICE candidates. no cap, that's literally what it does.-logstring β log filename. where the receipts go π§Ύ-relaystring β websocket relay URL (default"wss://snowflake.torproject.net/"). the websocket relay, as promised.-stunstring β stun URL (default"stun:stun.l.google.com:19302"). yes, that default really is a Google STUN server, and yes, it's in the original, so we keep it exactly π-unsafe-loggingβ prevent logs from being scrubbed. heads up bestie, this one is called UNSAFE for a reason β it stops your logs from being scrubbed, so think before you flip it. the name is the warning, periodt. π
π SEE ALSO π
https://snowflake.torproject.orgβ go look, it's cute, it's the official site, iykyk β¨
okay that's the whole page, love u, go be a snowflake, swnoflake-proxy version, June 2021. π (yes the spelling in the footer is exactly like that, i am NOT touching it, it's iconic now πΈ)
π¦ where this page comes from
- alpine 3.24: snowflake-proxy-doc 2.15.3-r0 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- debian bookworm: snowflake-proxy 2.5.1-1+b3 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- debian trixie: snowflake-proxy 2.5.1-1+b16 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu noble: snowflake-proxy 2.5.1-1build1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu noble: snowflake-proxy 2.5.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu questing: snowflake-proxy 2.5.1-1build1
- ubuntu resolute: snowflake-proxy 2.10.1-1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu stonking: snowflake-proxy 2.10.1-1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms