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mall vs ProxyPool
mall has 84,799 GitHub stars, 29,830 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. ProxyPool has 6,249 stars, 2,228 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. mall leads on adoption by 1,257% (84,799 vs 6,249 stars). mall is written in Java under Apache-2.0; ProxyPool is written in Python under MIT. mall has attracted 35% as many forks as stars, ProxyPool 36%. mall was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (redis), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| mall | ProxyPool | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 85K | ★ 6.2K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-15 | 2026-07-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 30K | ⑂ 2.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick mall if
- You weight community size — 85K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ProxyPool if
- You want the ProxyPool feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and ProxyPool fits your workflow better
About mall
mall is a complete e commerce system built on Spring Boot and MyBatis, distributed as a Java project under the Apache 2.0 license. It ships two applications in one repository: a storefront system for shoppers and an administrative back office for operators. The storefront covers the home portal, product recommendation, product search, product display, shopping cart, order flow, member center, customer service, and help center. The back office covers product management, order management, member management, promotion management, operations management, content management, statistics reports, finance management, perm…
About ProxyPool
ProxyPool is an MIT licensed Python proxy pool that continuously scrapes free public proxy sources, validates them through scheduled testing, stores them in Redis, and serves working proxies over a random selection HTTP API for web scraping and spider projects.
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Frequently asked questions
Is mall or ProxyPool more popular?
mall has 84,799 GitHub stars and ProxyPool has 6,249. mall has the larger community by that measure.
Are mall and ProxyPool free?
Both are open source. mall is licensed under Apache-2.0 and ProxyPool under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between mall and ProxyPool?
mall is written in Java and ProxyPool in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, mall or ProxyPool?
Choose mall if you want the larger community (84,799 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose ProxyPool if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.