# CluvexStudio/Aether

Repository: https://github.com/CluvexStudio/Aether
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aether
Language: Rust
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cloudflare, gool, masque, rust, warp, zero-trust
Last push: 2026-08-18T14:56:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 3
- inputs: {"age_days": 50, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 3.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1630, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:13.939076+00:00)

## What it is
Aether is a Rust-based censorship circumvention client for heavily restricted networks that discovers reachable gateways, builds encrypted tunnels via MASQUE (HTTP/3) or WireGuard, and exposes a local SOCKS5 proxy. It is designed to evade DPI, protocol fingerprinting, UDP throttling, and endpoint blocking.

## Use cases
- bypass internet censorship on restricted networks
- evade deep packet inspection and protocol blocking
- create a local SOCKS5 proxy tunnel
- connect to Cloudflare WARP with obfuscation
- route traffic through nested WireGuard tunnels
- use a circumvention client on Android via Termux

## When to choose
- you are behind a heavily censored network with DPI or UDP throttling
- you need automatic endpoint discovery with validated data-plane connectivity
- you want MASQUE or WireGuard tunneling with traffic obfuscation
- you need a lightweight CLI client across Linux, Windows, macOS, or Termux

## When to avoid
- you need a full GUI VPN client
- you require an authenticated multi-user proxy server
- you need a traditional full-tunnel VPN for all system traffic
- you cannot run Rust/CMake build tooling and need no prebuilt binaries

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, vpn, cryptography, networking, cli
- domain: censorship-circumvention, privacy, networking, security
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: socks5-proxy, masque, wireguard, warp, dpi-evasion, traffic-obfuscation, tls-fragmentation, zero-trust, linux, macos, android, docker

## Member repositories
- CluvexStudio/Aether (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.939076+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:47:51.706576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CluvexStudio/Aether (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.939076+00:00, sha 6de4e50d9aff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.