Shadowsocks

Shadowsocks: a secure socks5 proxy.

Shadowsocks: Secure Socks5 Proxy for Android

"Shadowsocks" is a cross-platform, high-performance secured socks5 proxy designed to help users surf the internet privately and securely. With low resource consumption, it supports various platforms and provides bleeding edge techniques using asynchronous I/O and event-driven programming. It's open source and offers extensive setup documentation and source code access for customization.
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By: Max Lv
Version: VARY (Last updated: 2021-09-17)
Creation date: 2012-12-16
Permissions
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Other:
  • view network connections
  • change network connectivity
  • full network access
  • control Near Field Communication
  • run at startup
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • modify system settings

Ranking

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Shadowsocks (v0.1)
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App summary

Shadowsocks is a high-performance cross-platform secured socks5 proxy. It will help you surf the internet privately and securely.

NOTE: You may need to unisntall and reinstall the app, after upgrading to 3.x or above.

FEATURES

1. Bleeding edge techniques with Asynchronous I/O and Event-driven programming.
2. Low resource comsumption, suitable for low end boxes and embedded devices.
3. Avaliable on multiple platforms, including PC, MAC, Mobile (Android and iOS) and Routers (OpenWRT).
4. Open source implementions in python, node.js, golang, C#, and pure C.

Visit our project site for more details: https://www.shadowsocks.org

SETUP

1. To setup your own server, please refer to: https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html
2. To view the source codes or build your own apk, please refer to: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android

FAQ

https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android/wiki/FAQ

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2016 by Max Lv
Copyright (C) 2016 by Mygod Studio

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Other open source licenses can be found here: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android/blob/master/README.md#open-source-licenses

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effectively bypasses ISP limitations and corporate firewalls
  • User-friendly interface with application selection for secure network
  • Overall smooth performance and connection speed improvement compared to other VPNs
Cons
  • Drains battery quickly and has high CPU consumption
  • Instability and connectivity issues reported by multiple users
  • Similar interface icon to Telegram causes confusion and annoyance
Most mentioned
  • Connection and stability issues
  • Requests for improved server management features
  • Functionality problems after updates
User reviews
Drains battery fast (by my phone's oem notification - about 50 mah per 20 min). Overall good app but maybe make it more efficient by making vpn mode run only then i need it in certain app and then turning off completely when i close it. Currently it works all the time and also breaks connection of some other trafficked apps, until manually turned off even tho i supposedly excluded everything besides a few specific apps in vpn mode's settings.
by Archix Belidercene, 2024-09-20

It's just amazing. It does everything I want. I can choose applications that will be connected via secure network

I used this one in the beginning of 2020, this app worked well at that time. I query if this app still works in the late 2024 because I saw the last date of app update is in 2021...
by yijun li, 2024-08-21
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