Octopus: Multi-Proxy Switcher

Tracking since May 4, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 9, 2026
  description

  Octopus gives you fast control over how each website connects: direct, through a chosen proxy, or through a smart proxy chain with automatic retry.
  
  You can switch modes globally, define custom per-domain routes, manage ordered proxy lists, and inspect live per-tab connection logs.
  
  Features:
    - Global connection modes: Custom, Smart, Proxy, Direct
    - Per-domain routing rules
    - Ordered custom rules with drag-and-drop reordering
    - Ordered proxy list with drag-and-drop reordering
    - Proxy type support for HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5
    - Smart mode proxy chaining with retry on failure
    - Per-domain smart routing
    - Global single-proxy mode
    - Global direct mode
    - Live current-tab connection logs
    - Success and failure logs shown separately
    - Click log entries to quickly create routing rules
    - Toolbar icon changes to reflect connection state
    - Popup-first workflow
    - Lightweight
    - Open source
    - Secure
    - No user data collection of any kind
  
  Modes:
    - Custom
    - Smart
    - Proxy
    - Direct
  
  Built-in behavior:
    - Smart mode retries failed requests on the next proxy in the chain when possible
    - Custom rules are matched in order, with the default route kept last
    - Logs are tab-scoped, so you only see what happened in the current tab
    - Domain rule creation is streamlined from detected domains and log targets
    - Proxy routing can be applied globally or only to selected domains
  
  Perfect for:
    - Switching between multiple proxies quickly
    - Per-site proxy routing
    - Proxy failover workflows
    - Testing websites across different proxy paths
    - Keeping some websites direct and others proxied
    - Power users who want precise control over browser traffic
  
  More routing customization, smarter smart mode, and proxy workflow improvements will be added over time.

  Octopus gives you fast control over how each website connects: direct, through a chosen proxy, or through a smart proxy chain with automatic retry.
  
  You can switch modes globally, define custom per-domain routes, manage ordered proxy lists, and inspect live per-tab connection logs.
  
  Features:
    - Global connection modes: Custom, Smart, Proxy, Direct
    - Per-domain routing rules
    - Ordered custom rules with drag-and-drop reordering
    - Ordered proxy list with drag-and-drop reordering
    - Proxy type support for HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5
    - Smart mode proxy chaining with retry on failure
    - Per-domain smart routing
    - Global single-proxy mode
    - Global direct mode
    - Live current-tab connection logs
    - Success and failure logs shown separately
    - Click log entries to quickly create routing rules
    - Toolbar icon changes to reflect connection state
    - Popup-first workflow
    - Lightweight
    - Open source
    - Secure
    - No user data collection of any kind
  
  Modes:
    - Custom
    - Smart
    - Proxy
    - Direct
  
  Built-in behavior:
    - Smart mode retries failed requests on the next proxy in the chain when possible
    - Custom rules are matched in order, with the default route kept last
    - Logs are tab-scoped, so you only see what happened in the current tab
    - Domain rule creation is streamlined from detected domains and log targets
    - Proxy routing can be applied globally or only to selected domains
  
  Perfect for:
    - Switching between multiple proxies quickly
    - Per-site proxy routing
    - Proxy failover workflows
    - Testing websites across different proxy paths
    - Keeping some websites direct and others proxied
    - Power users who want precise control over browser traffic
  
  More routing customization, smarter smart mode(!), and proxy workflow improvements will be added over time.

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Permissions

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