fossabot/clash

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2117 stars · 6816 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Clash is a rule-based network proxy written in Go that supports HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS proxies with Surge-like configuration and GeoIP rule routing. It runs as a daemon with a RESTful API for control and supports proxy groups with automatic speed-based selection.

Use cases

• route traffic through proxies based on domain and GeoIP rules
• run a local HTTP and SOCKS5 proxy server
• block ads by rejecting domains via proxy rules
• automatically pick the fastest proxy server with url-test groups
• bypass censorship by chaining shadowsocks proxies

When to choose

• you want Surge-style rule-based proxying on Linux, macOS, or Windows
• you need GeoIP-based direct vs proxy routing
• you prefer a lightweight Go binary with a RESTful control API

When to avoid

• you need a GUI client - Clash core is configuration-file driven
• you need protocols beyond what go-shadowsocks2 ciphers support
• you want a project with frequent updates - development activity is limited

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

proxy networking http-server security networking privacy security censorship-circumvention windows go cli cross-platform rule-based-proxy socks-proxy geoip-routing shadowsocks surge-compatible command-line linux macos docker

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