Browsers & Proxy Managers
Route Windows, macOS, or Firefox through Proxio with built-in system proxy settings, or add Chrome with FoxyProxy or SwitchyOmega, with the exact fields to fill in for each.
Browsers connect through Proxio the same way any other client does (host, port, username, and password), but where you enter them depends on the browser. Windows, macOS, and Firefox all have a built-in proxy form; Chrome doesn't, so it needs an extension.
Windows
Open proxy settings
Go to Settings → Network & internet → Proxy.
Turn on manual proxy setup
Under "Manual proxy setup," toggle Use a proxy server on.
Enter the gateway
Set Address to geo.proxio.cc and Port to 16666, then save.
This applies to apps that use the Windows system proxy (Edge and most other WinINet-based apps). Windows prompts for a username and password the first time one of them connects.
macOS
Open network settings
Go to System Settings → Network, select your active connection (Wi-Fi or Ethernet), and open its proxy details.
Turn on the proxy types you need
In the Proxies tab, enable Web Proxy (HTTP), Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS), and SOCKS Proxy.
Enter the gateway and credentials
For each type you enabled, set Server to geo.proxio.cc and Port to 16666,
then check "Proxy server requires password" and enter your username and
password. Click OK, then Apply.
Firefox
Open network settings
Go to Settings → General, scroll to Network Settings, and click Settings….
Choose manual proxy configuration
Select "Manual proxy configuration." Set HTTP Proxy to geo.proxio.cc, Port
to 16666, and check "Also use this proxy for HTTPS."
Add SOCKS5
Set SOCKS Host to geo.proxio.cc, Port to 16666, and select SOCKS v5. Check
"Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5" so hostnames resolve on the proxy side,
the same reasoning as socks5h:// elsewhere in these docs.
Firefox has no field for a proxy username or password. It opens a login prompt the first time a page loads through the proxy.
Chrome
Chrome has no built-in form for an authenticated proxy; on both Windows and macOS its proxy setting just opens the OS panels above. For a proxy scoped to one browser profile, use an extension instead. Both of the following build a proxy from the same five fields:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP or SOCKS5 |
| Hostname | geo.proxio.cc |
| Port | 16666 |
| Username | Your credential's username |
| Password | Your credential's password |
FoxyProxy
Add a new proxy in FoxyProxy's options using the five fields above, then select it from the toolbar icon.
SwitchyOmega
Create a new profile using the same five fields (SwitchyOmega labels them Proxy Protocol, Server, Port, Username, and Password), then switch to that profile from the toolbar icon.
Skipping the credential prompt
Whichever browser or extension you use, the proxy prompts for a username and password on its first connection unless the extension already stored them for you (FoxyProxy and SwitchyOmega both do). To skip the prompt entirely, allowlist your public IP instead. See IP Authentication.
Verify
Visit https://ipinfo.io in the configured browser. It should report the
proxy's exit IP and location, not the ones your connection normally shows.
Other Languages
Route PHP, Java, C#, and Go through Proxio over HTTP or SOCKS5, the same four languages the dashboard's code generator covers, as complete minimal programs.
Antidetect Browsers
Add Proxio to Multilogin, GoLogin, AdsPower, Dolphin Anty, or Octo Browser, where every profile's proxy form takes the same five fields, checked with the tool's own connection test.