# Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses.

Repository: https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xray-core
Homepage: https://t.me/projectXray
Language: Go
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: xray, vless, tunnel, anticensorship, vmess, network, shadowsocks, trojan, proxy, xtls, socks5, reality, xudp, wireguard, dns, utls, vpn, tls, vision, xhttp
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:29:59+00:00
Link (homepage): https://t.me/projectXray

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2123, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 159, "gap_med": 19.5, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 41230, forks 5817 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.521565+00:00)

## What it is
Xray-core is a network proxy platform written in Go, best known as the successor to v2ray-core and the home of the XTLS/REALITY anti-censorship protocols. It supports multiple proxy protocols (VLESS, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks, SOCKS5, WireGuard) and transports for tunneling traffic past censorship.

## Use cases
- circumvent internet censorship with REALITY and XTLS
- set up a self-hosted proxy server with VLESS or Trojan
- replace v2ray-core with a more actively developed core
- tunnel traffic over TLS to look like normal HTTPS
- route and forward traffic with DNS and routing rules
- run a VPN-like tunnel over WireGuard or XHTTP

## When to choose
- you need robust, actively developed anti-censorship proxying
- you want REALITY/XTLS or XHTTP transport features
- you need v2ray-core compatibility with more protocol options
- you self-host a proxy server on Linux with systemd or Docker

## When to avoid
- you need a simple consumer VPN app with a GUI
- you only need a plain OpenVPN or WireGuard setup without obfuscation
- you want a managed commercial VPN service

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, vpn, security, cryptography
- domain: privacy, censorship-circumvention, networking, security
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted, go
- tags: anticensorship, vless, vmess, trojan, shadowsocks, reality, xtls, xhttp, tunnel, utls, v2ray-compatible, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- XTLS/Xray-core (main) score 92
- XTLS/REALITY (backend) score 71
- XTLS/Xray-examples (examples) score 75
- XTLS/Xray-install (infra) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.521565+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 2026-08-29T16:23:11.478290+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.521565+00:00, sha 9f85eed1be0d)
  - homepage: https://t.me/projectXray (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:17.295479+00:00, sha fb29b4d221ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.