# V2Ray

A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.

Repository: https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/v2ray-2
Homepage: https://www.v2ray.com/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: v2ray, shadowsocks, golang, proxy, socks, socks5, http-proxy, vmess
Last push: 2026-07-13T03:22:29+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.v2ray.com/
Link (site_page): https://www.v2ray.com/chapter_00/install.html
Link (site_page): https://www.v2ray.com/chapter_00/faq.html

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4016, "days_push": 51, "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 46932, forks 8815 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:11.153370+00:00)

## What it is
V2Ray (Project V) is a network proxy platform written in Go for building proxies to bypass network restrictions and censorship. It supports multiple inbound and outbound protocols such as VMess, Shadowsocks, SOCKS, and HTTP with configurable routing and traffic obfuscation.

## Use cases
- bypass internet censorship and access blocked websites
- set up a VMess or Shadowsocks proxy server
- route my traffic through a socks5 or http proxy
- disguise proxy traffic as normal HTTPS web traffic
- tunnel traffic over websocket or mKCP transports
- split traffic by domain or region with custom routing rules
- protect my traffic from ISP surveillance

## When to choose
- You need a censorship-resistant proxy supporting multiple protocols (VMess, Shadowsocks, SOCKS, HTTP) in a single process
- You want fine-grained routing rules to send traffic to different outbound proxies by domain, region, or protocol
- You need traffic obfuscation that makes proxy connections look like ordinary HTTPS traffic
- You need a cross-platform proxy that runs natively on Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD

## When to avoid
- You want a one-click consumer VPN - V2Ray requires manual JSON configuration and is CLI-driven
- You need a managed proxy service with a graphical interface - use a third-party V2Ray GUI client instead
- You only need a simple SOCKS proxy without encryption or routing features - a lighter tool suffices

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, privacy, security, cryptography
- domain: censorship-circumvention, privacy, networking, security
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: vmess, shadowsocks, socks5, http-proxy, anti-censorship, traffic-obfuscation, reverse-proxy, websocket-transport, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- v2ray/v2ray-core (main) score 64
- v2ray/domain-list-community (plugin) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:11.153370+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 2026-08-29T16:21:35.852558+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:11.153370+00:00, sha 038b068b75dd)
  - homepage: https://www.v2ray.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:44:59.695240+00:00, sha 075aac91ee81)
  - site_page: https://www.v2ray.com/chapter_00/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:44:59.704381+00:00, sha 9f8742f461ca)
  - site_page: https://www.v2ray.com/chapter_00/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:44:59.706457+00:00, sha d65b0cc0103e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.