# shadowsocks/simple-obfs

A simple obfuscating tool (Deprecated)

Repository: https://github.com/shadowsocks/simple-obfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simple-obfs
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-11-05T06:26:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3532, "days_push": 1397, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2372, forks 553 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.862719+00:00)

## What it is
A simple obfuscation plugin for Shadowsocks that disguises proxy traffic as ordinary HTTP or TLS traffic. It is deprecated and succeeded by v2ray-plugin.

## Use cases
- obfuscate shadowsocks traffic as http or tls
- bypass dpi censorship of proxy traffic
- run shadowsocks alongside a real web server on port 80/443
- disguise proxy connections to look like normal web browsing

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy shadowsocks setup already using simple-obfs
- you need minimal http/tls obfuscation on an old deployment

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use v2ray-plugin instead
- you need actively maintained or updated obfuscation
- you need modern censorship resistance against advanced DPI

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: proxy, security, networking
- domain: privacy, censorship-circumvention, networking
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: shadowsocks-plugin, traffic-obfuscation, deprecated, c, tls-obfuscation, http-obfuscation, linux

## Member repositories
- shadowsocks/simple-obfs (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.862719+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 2026-08-30T02:35:09.722384+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shadowsocks/simple-obfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.862719+00:00, sha 59d5b87f0d00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.