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Routewell
One calm client for every proxy protocol, with rules, subscriptions and TUN
- Score
- 28
- confidence 42
- Evidence
- 1
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 0
- named in sources
- First version
- 60 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2012
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Network-aware users on macOS and Windows manage proxy rules, subscriptions and traffic splitting in a settings-heavy application requiring keyboard and fine control. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Nodes
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About this appAI proposal
Routewell is a proxy client for macOS and Windows that handles several protocols in one place. Import a subscription link, choose how traffic should travel, and switch between system proxy and TUN mode without a second tool or a terminal.
It is for developers and network-aware users who juggle separate clients per protocol, or manage routing by hand with command-line tools. Rules, profiles and subscriptions live in one clean interface.
Routewell is a PWA control panel plus a small local helper. The panel holds the interface and sync. The helper runs the routing core and sets the system proxy or TUN device, which a browser app cannot do alone.
- Tagline
- Every protocol, one clear route.
- Voice
- calmpreciseplain
- Why this name
- Route is what the product does; well suggests it works quietly and reliably. Two plain, pronounceable parts.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Subscription import
Paste a subscription URL or scan a QR code. Nodes are parsed, grouped and refreshed on a schedule you choose.
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Many protocols, one list
Nodes from different protocol families sit in one list, so you stop switching between separate clients.
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Rule-based traffic splitting
Send apps, domains or IP ranges direct, through a node, or to block. Rules are edited as readable lists.
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System proxy or TUN in one switch
Toggle between system proxy and TUN mode. The helper asks permission once and restores settings on quit.
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Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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Typography
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Every protocol, one clear route.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices and no monetization. These tiers are a starting point to test, not a market-based figure.
Free
Free
- One profile
- Subscription import
- System proxy and TUN
- Basic rules
Pro
$4 a month
- Unlimited profiles
- Sync across devices
- Scheduled refresh and auto-pick
- Live connection view
- Rule set sharing
Would you pay Pro · $4 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Users share rule sets and profile templates as links. Recipients import them in one click and see the Routewell panel while doing so.
- Do they become customers?
- Recipients are the same kind of user and could install and pay. Test whether shared rule-set links lead to installs and Pro upgrades.
- First customers
- Developers on macOS who already use a proxy client with subscriptions and want one polished app instead of several tools or command-line setup.
- Where to reach them
- GitHub discussions: Join conversations in the repositories of existing proxy clients and offer a free beta to people asking for a better interface.
- Developer forums: Post a walkthrough of subscription import and TUN setup in communities where routing is discussed.
- First milestone
- Fifty beta installs and ten paying Pro users within 60 days of launching the beta.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 940 stars in 68 days
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Local helperSigned native helper embedding an open routing coreA browser app cannot set system proxy or create a TUN device; a privileged helper must.
- This app · Helper linkLocal authenticated WebSocket/HTTP APILets the PWA panel control the helper on the same machine securely.
RisksAI inference
- PlatformA PWA cannot change system proxy or create TUN devices, so the product depends on a privileged local helper that needs signing, notarization and installer work on two OSes.
- TechnicalWrapping an existing open routing core across several protocols means tracking its updates and config changes, and TUN behaves differently on macOS and Windows.
- RegulatoryProxy tools are restricted in some countries and app stores or payment providers may object. Terms of use and where to sell need legal review.
- CommercialThe only evidence is repository stars. Open-source clients are free, so willingness to pay for a polished one is untested.
- Intellectual propertyReusing open-source cores brings licence obligations that must be checked before shipping a paid product.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.