# lanx-x/VRouter

一个基于 VirtualBox 和 openwrt 构建的项目, 旨在实现 macOS / Windows 平台的透明代理.

Repository: https://github.com/lanx-x/VRouter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vrouter
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: openwrt, transparent-proxy, virtualbox
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-11-20T16:59:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3401, "days_push": 2478, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1277, forks 157 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.251449+00:00)

## What it is
VRouter is a desktop application that runs a lightweight OpenWRT virtual machine via VirtualBox to provide transparent TCP/UDP proxying on macOS and Windows by redirecting the system default gateway. It is built with Electron and uses iptables inside the VM to process packets.

## Use cases
- set up a transparent proxy on macOS without configuring each app
- proxy command-line tools that ignore http_proxy settings
- proxy apps that don't support proxy configuration like the macOS Mail app
- get UDP traffic through a Shadowsocks proxy on the desktop
- run a transparent proxy without flashing a router
- switch system gateway to a proxy VM with one click

## When to choose
- you need transparent TCP/UDP proxying on macOS where TUN/TAP options are limited
- your router is too weak to run proxy software like kcptun
- you want per-app proxy setup handled automatically without configuring each client

## When to avoid
- the project is discontinued and no longer maintained
- you need to proxy other devices on your LAN - it only serves the host machine
- you don't want to depend on VirtualBox
- you're on Windows and rely on Edge or UWP apps, which break when the default route changes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: proxy, networking, security, privacy
- domain: networking, privacy, security, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: transparent-proxy, openwrt, virtualbox, shadowsocks, electron, discontinued, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- lanx-x/VRouter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.251449+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 2026-08-30T05:02:50.752704+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lanx-x/VRouter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.251449+00:00, sha 467d1bdb59db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.