# V2Ray

A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.

Repository: https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/v2ray-3
Homepage: https://v2fly.org
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: proxy, network, socks5, shadowsocks, v2ray, vmess, vless, v2fly, anticensorship, vpn, trojan, tunnel, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T17:54:54+00:00
Link (homepage): https://v2fly.org

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2697, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 31, "gap_med": 16.5, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 34509, forks 5075 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.625322+00:00)

## What it is
V2Ray (Project V) is a Go-based network proxy platform for building tunnels that bypass network restrictions and protect privacy. It supports multiple inbound/outbound protocols such as VMess, VLESS, Shadowsocks, Trojan, SOCKS, and HTTP, with configurable routing, traffic obfuscation, and load balancing.

## Use cases
- bypass internet censorship and network restrictions
- set up a personal proxy server with vmess or vless
- tunnel traffic through shadowsocks or trojan protocols
- route traffic by domain or region with custom rules
- disguise proxy traffic as normal HTTPS web traffic
- run a multi-protocol socks5 and http proxy locally

## When to choose
- you need a highly configurable multi-protocol proxy core with routing and load balancing
- you want traffic obfuscation and replay protection to evade censorship
- you need native cross-platform support on Windows, macOS, and Linux

## When to avoid
- you want a simple one-click VPN client with a GUI rather than a configurable core
- you need a turnkey commercial VPN service
- you are unwilling to write or manage JSON configuration files

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, privacy, vpn, security, websocket, routing
- domain: privacy, networking, censorship-circumvention, security, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, go, cli
- tags: anticensorship, vmess, vless, shadowsocks, trojan, socks5, tunnel, traffic-obfuscation, load-balancing, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- v2fly/v2ray-core (main) score 98
- v2fly/domain-list-community (plugin) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.625322+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 2026-08-29T16:27:29.015107+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.625322+00:00, sha 19091701c180)
  - homepage: https://v2fly.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:17.063696+00:00, sha 8fc34e7ece4d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.