Shadowsocks: Secure Socks5 Proxy for Android
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- view network connections
- change network connectivity
- full network access
- control Near Field Communication
- run at startup
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
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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
- 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
- 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
- Connection and stability issues
- Requests for improved server management features
- Functionality problems after updates
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