--- title: Debloat The Internet With A Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy description: A hobbyist built a self-hosted HTTPS proxy, based on mitmproxy, that compresses images and webpages, blocks ads, and reduces mobile data usage. It converts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy-xh7hg0t5f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Debloat The Internet With A Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist built a self-hosted HTTPS proxy, based on mitmproxy, that compresses images and webpages, blocks ads, and reduces mobile data usage. It converts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy-xh7hg0t5f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XH7hg0t5F.png og:image:alt: Debloat The Internet With A Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Debloat The Internet With A Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist built a self-hosted HTTPS proxy, based on mitmproxy, that compresses images and webpages, blocks ads, and reduces mobile data usage. It converts images to WebP, lets users configure resolution and quality trade-offs, and can force maximum compression on heavy pages. Running it through a home server also doubles as a lightweight VPN. Unlike projects such as FrogFind or MacProxy that help old hardware browse the modern web, this one is purely about cutting bandwidth. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I reduce mobile data usage when browsing the web using a self-hosted proxy? A self-hosted HTTPS proxy built on mitmproxy can compress images to WebP, lower resolution, and force maximum compression on heavy webpages before they reach a phone. Users configure the quality/resolution trade-off themselves, and because traffic routes through a home server, it also functions like a private VPN while browsing on the go. _Developers tuning bandwidth-saving proxies can find similar self-hosted networking projects on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [My family can now browse my self-hosted photos from anywhere, but not the way you'd think](https://daily.dev/posts/my-family-can-now-browse-my-self-hosted-photos-from-anywhere-but-not-the-way-you-d-think-sh0tmxr4d) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How we could save petabytes of cache storage with Zstandard and Pingora](https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-could-save-petabytes-of-cache-storage-with-zstandard-and-pingora-jfhpgwkm4) · Cloudflare · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Imgur Geo-Blocked the UK, So I Geo-Unblocked My Entire Network](https://daily.dev/posts/imgur-geo-blocked-the-uk-so-i-geo-unblocked-my-entire-network-dbogmjkdu) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy-xh7hg0t5f) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Debloat The Internet With A Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy-xh7hg0t5f","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy-xh7hg0t5f"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T05:05:11.012Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T05:05:27.891Z","description":"A hobbyist built a self-hosted HTTPS proxy, based on mitmproxy, that compresses images and webpages, blocks ads, and reduces mobile data usage. 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