The best shadowsocks alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to shadowsocks, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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shadowsocksA Rust implementation of the shadowsocks proxy tool, with client and server binaries.
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V2Ray
Open source · MIT · ★ 46.9k
Proxy network tools for bypassing restrictions; this repo says it has moved to v2fly.
Best for: Developers who want to read the source of a Go proxy platform; People who need to find the current v2fly/v2ray-core repository
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V2Ray
Open source · MIT · ★ 34.7k
A network toolkit for building your own proxies that secure connections and protect privacy.
Best for: Developers who want to build and configure their own proxy server; Technically comfortable users who want to run a self-hosted private network route
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GOST
Open source · MIT · ★ 18.3k
A command-line proxy and tunnel tool that forwards traffic over many protocols, written in Go.
Best for: Developers who want a single binary to run a local or remote SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy; People setting up multi-hop proxy chains for testing network routing
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to shadowsocks. We don't take payment for placement.