Features and specifications

What Antify actually does: supported proxy types, what a rule can match, how traffic is handled, and the system requirements.

This page lists what the current version (downloadable below) can do, so you can tell whether it covers your case. Anything not listed is not there.

System requirements

macOS 14.0 or later.
The first run installs a system extension, which you approve in System Settings.
macOS only. There is no iOS, Windows, or Android version.

SOCKS5, HTTP, and HTTPS, with default ports 1080, 8080, and 8443.
Username and password authentication. Passwords are kept in the macOS Keychain, not in the app database.
Test one proxy or all of them at once; errors distinguish connection, handshake, and authentication failures.
Per proxy: whether a failed proxy may fall back to a direct connection (off by default), and whether it can reach private networks (off by default).
Antify does not provide a proxy service; you bring your own.

A rule can target a .app, a command-line executable, a script package, or a directory.
Three actions: Proxy, Direct, Block. Block needs no proxy server.
Rules can be narrowed by target host and port; hosts accept domain wildcards, IPs, IP ranges, and CIDR.
A rule can optionally cover the processes that app launches (off by default); XPC services always follow their host app rule.
A rule stored on a symlink follows the link when a package manager repoints it on upgrade.

SOCKS5 carries TCP and UDP; HTTP and HTTPS carry TCP only, and UDP goes direct.
Connections to localhost or to an address of this Mac always go direct, regardless of rules.
Local and private network addresses go direct by default, and can be opened up per proxy.
DNS queries from proxied apps are answered locally, with domain names handed to the proxy to resolve.
Rules are evaluated when a connection is opened; established connections are unaffected.

Multiple configurations, each with its own rule set and default behavior.
Configurations can switch automatically based on the Wi-Fi network in use.
A configuration can be exported to a file and imported on another Mac; passwords stay in the original Keychain.

Connection records show the action taken and which rule layer matched.
The activity log records proxy and rule changes, configuration switches, and warnings.
Discovery mode finds apps that have no rule yet.
Diagnostic logs can be collected in one step.

Interface language follows the system, or can be set to English or Simplified Chinese.
Optional launch at login and start the proxy on launch.
Built-in automatic updates.