PowerTunnel

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1436 stars · 105 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

PowerTunnel is an extensible local proxy server built on LittleProxy that bypasses government censorship by evading Deep Packet Inspection, with an Android app that routes traffic through a local VPN without root. It supports plugins (LibertyTunnel, DoH DNS resolver) and can even intercept HTTPS traffic for development use.

Use cases

• bypass government censorship and DPI filtering on Android
• circumvent deep packet inspection without root
• route all phone traffic through a local anti-censorship proxy
• resolve DNS over HTTPS to evade DNS blocking
• extend proxy behavior with custom plugins
• intercept HTTPS traffic for web development debugging

When to choose

• you need DPI-based censorship bypass on Android without root
• you want a plugin-extensible local proxy with DoH support
• you prefer an open-source, self-hosted circumvention tool

When to avoid

• you need a full VPN with encrypted tunnels to a remote server
• you require stealth against advanced active probing rather than DPI
• you need iOS or desktop-first support with polished UX

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

proxy security networking plugin-system censorship-circumvention privacy networking security cross-platform jvm anti-censorship deep-packet-inspection dpi-evasion local-vpn littleproxy no-root government-censorship https-mitm android

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