GoAgent

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{{Infobox software

|name = GoAgent

|logo = Python-logo-notext.svg

|screenshot = Running GoAgent client.png

|caption = GoAgent Beta screenshot

|discontinued = yes

|developer = [https://code.google.com/u/phus.lu/ phus.lu], [https://code.google.com/u/HewigOvens/ HewigOvens]

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|operating_system = Cross-platform

|programming_language = Python

|genre = Proxy server

|license = GPL v2

|website = {{url|https://goagent.github.io/}} (defunct)

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GoAgent is a GNU GPL open-source cross-platform network access software. It is mainly written with Python and supports Windows, OS X, Linux and most Linux-based OS like Android and OpenWrt. It uses Google App Engine servers to provide users with a free proxy service to gain access to blocked information.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqlmX0ws-1s | title=How to set up your own free Proxy / VPN with GoAgent | publisher=YouTube | access-date=16 September 2013 }} It is normally used with web browsers.

GoAgent was eventually shut down at the request of Chinese law enforcement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-cat-and-mouse-game-between-chinas-censors-and-internet-activists/2016/06/14/77f2b3a8-1dd9-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html|title=Internet activists are finding ways around China's Great Firewall|newspaper=Washington Post}} A project called XX-Net claims to be "A Reborn GoAgent",{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/XX-net/XX-Net/wiki/English-Home-Page|title=XX-Net English Home Page|last=|first=|date=|website=GitHub|publisher=|access-date=}} with its first release in January 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/XX-net/XX-Net/commit/bea6fb84bab0d6edef6acca79d4574f0391a5f26|title=XX-Net first release commit on GitHub|last=|first=|date=|website=GitHub|publisher=|access-date=}}