Shadowsocks

Health v2 · maintenance only

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32885 stars · 7760 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ShadowsocksX-NG is a macOS GUI client for the Shadowsocks proxy protocol, rewritten in Swift with ss-local running as a background Launch Agent. It supports SIP003 plugins (kcptun, simple-obfs, v2ray-plugin), AEAD ciphers, PAC/GFW List updates, and server profile sharing via QR codes or URLs.

Use cases

• bypass internet censorship on macOS with a shadowsocks proxy
• set up a SOCKS5 proxy client on my Mac
• share proxy server profiles via QR code
• use v2ray-plugin or kcptun with shadowsocks
• configure PAC-based proxy rules with GFW List
• route specific apps through a proxy with custom PAC rules

When to choose

• you need a native macOS shadowsocks client with a GUI
• you want plugin support like v2ray-plugin, kcptun, or simple-obfs
• you need QR code import/export of server profiles
• you want PAC-based system proxy configuration with custom rules

When to avoid

• you need a client for Windows, Linux, iOS, or Android
• you want a headless/CLI-only proxy client
• you need protocols beyond shadowsocks such as WireGuard or OpenVPN
• you require frequent updates - the project is in maintenance mode

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

proxy vpn privacy networking security privacy censorship-circumvention networking security operating-systems shadowsocks socks5-proxy gfw-list v2ray-plugin kcptun aead-ciphers pac qrcode-profile-sharing macos desktop

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