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Add manual http proxy support (i.e. without the need for using the system wide macOS proxy setting)

First, thank you for this amazing and exciting initiative of creating a new web browser. The industry really need more competitive in this space and I am really enjoying my first day of using Orion 🙂

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I looked around in the Orion settings and could not find any way to manually configure a http proxy. I assume Orion is only using the native macOS proxy setting?

As a user of the Orion browser I would like to be able to manually configure a http proxy in the browser instead of depending on the system wide macOS proxy setting.

As a user I sometimes need to turn different proxy on and off depending on which resources I am are trying to reach. By forcing the use of a proxy in the macos settings instead of in the browser makes this less user friendly and cumbersome.

In the firefox browser, where this is supported, I am making heavy use of the FoxyProxy plugin which makes this really easy.

Are there any plans to add support for manually setting a http proxy in Orion?

Expectations of this setting would be the possibility to set

  • http proxy
  • https proxy
  • socks host (v4, v5)
  • An exempt list that do not use the proxy fillable with hostnames and IP's.
  • Vlad replied to this.

    kcbark A screenshot/mockup of the functionality would be great.

        Perhaps a setting under web sites or global under browsing.

        This is a screenshot from firefox.

          7 months later

          The Proxy SwitchyOmega extension (Chrome), or something like it, would be a good way to do this, too. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=proxy+switchyomega&ia=web.

          Proxy SwitchyOmega installs on Orion, and it can be configured, but the extension icon (which lets one switch) does not do the right things in at least three ways: it doesn't offer the full list of configured proxies, it goes blank when attempting to switch proxies, and it doesn't allow [Direct] when there is a system http proxy configured.

          14 days later
          a month later

          Safari's lack of SOCKS5 proxy support has been what's kept me on Firefox. I need this to support private browsing on my employer-owned computer. Orion will be my primary browser if it's possible to support this!

          3 months later

          If this could be built in to the upcoming "Sessions" feature so that a session could route through a proxy, like in Firefox's Containers implementation, that would be my ideal.

          3 months later

          Would I be correct in guessing that my inability to get the Surfshark, Hide.me, and Windscribe browser extensions to work in Orion is connected to this issue?

            2 months later

            I'm loving this browser more and more each day, but I have to add to this discussion and ask if Orion even accesses or "respects" the global proxy settings e.g., those found in the network connection details in Mac OS.

            Orion doesn't pull up any web pages when I'm at the office. All other browsers I use do not have this problem. And I mean all (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Edge, Arc, Brave, and Safari). When I'm using regular internet Orion works great.

            I believe that before a browser-based feature to set proxy settings is implemented, Orion should be able to work through global proxy settings out of the box. Or have I missed something configuring Orion?

            Thanks!)

            • Vlad replied to this.

              ender The system wide proxy settings are automatically applied to your networking, outside of Orion, by the system. If you suspect there is still a bug and you have a reproducible steps, please open a new post.

              • root replied to this.
                  5 months later

                  Another vote for me, I use SwitchyOmega in Firefox and Chromium browsers and would like to use Orion full time - but this is holding me back.
                  Would appreciate it if it could be considered and made to work 🙂
                  (Also lifetime supporter 🙂 )

                  • jyc likes this.

                  Vlad I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for such a wonderful product. I have purchased Onion Plus Lifetime, but there is one feature that I'm currently missing: proxy support with extensions like FoxyProxy or SwitchyOmega. Please consider adding proxy support so that we can all fully transition to our beloved Orion. Thank you.

                    5 months later

                    Is there any update on this?

                    I think Orion still doesn't respect the system-wide proxy settings, meaning its traffic doesn't go through whatever proxies are configured on MacOS internet settings. I know this because on my work-issued Mac, my employer uses a cloud proxy (Forcepoint Neo) to restrict allowed domains, which ironically I can completely bypass if I use Orion 😃

                    This is, of course, not the intended behavior. Orion should:

                    • Respect the default proxy settings configured in MacOS if not told otherwise
                    • Allow us to configure a different proxy in the settings, or just add proper support for extensions that already handle this wonderfully (SwitchyOmega, FoxyProxy, etc.).

                    This is important because there are many situations where we might need to route a specific web browsing session through a specific proxy, which is not possible with Orion right now. In my case I do need to use specific proxies for specific websites at work, which means I cannot use Orion for work.

                      VMX

                      I think Orion still doesn't respect the system-wide proxy settings, meaning its traffic doesn't go through whatever proxies are configured on MacOS internet settings.

                      Do you have steps to reproduce this for us?

                      • VMX replied to this.

                          Vlad

                          This is a bit tricky as this is a company-managed system, so I don't have total freedom to tinker with settings (e.g.: I cannot disable said Forcepoint Neo proxy). But let me play around and see if I can find a way.

                          What I can tell you is these settings are in MacOS network settings -> VPN and filters, then in the lower part of the window there's an area called "Filters and proxies". In that space, we have an item of type "Transparent proxy" that simply checks every website requested by a web browser and allows/blocks the request based on a blacklist.

                          Other web browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.) correctly respect this transparent proxy unless you configure a different one in the browser settings (Firefox) or through an extension. But Orion doesn't seem to go through this proxy at all, as I can freely browse any of the websites in their blacklist.

                          As said, I'll try to tinker a bit and see if I can somehow create a test scenario, but I'm afraid I probably won't have permissions to change any settings in that pane.

                              2 months later
                              4 months later

                              Any proxy extension working on iphone ?
                              Would love as well such feature

                                19 days later

                                I work with a number of company resources can only be accessed via a proxy, while not needing a proxy for the vast majority of other browsing. I have FoxyProxy configured to automatically use a SOCKS proxy, only for those resources. It doesn't work with Orion, which prevents me from completely switching over and having to run another browser for official work.