socat
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
0warn against
Jul 11, 2026first mention
Sep 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“the other one is socat an utility I used before but LLM's can do magic with it.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Data: socat.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 5
“I used `socat` to run a HTTP/S proxy inside”
“the other one is socat an utility I used before but LLM's can do magic with it.”
“echo "@1;expert-mode on;httpclient GET $x"|socat stdio unix:/path/socket”
“I initially tested the idea using socat”
“bridge it to localhost with socat”