What is this?
Hysteria is an open-source proxy tool — powerful, lightning-fast and censorship-resistant. It routes your traffic through a server you control with a protocol built to withstand blocking.
Hysteria is an open-source proxy tool — powerful, lightning-fast and censorship-resistant. It routes your traffic through a server you control with a protocol built to withstand blocking.How do my apps actually connect through it?Through standard interfaces: the client exposes SOCKS5, HTTP Proxy, TCP/UDP Forwarding, Linux TProxy and TUN modes, so nearly any app can send its traffic via Hysteria.
Through standard interfaces: the client exposes SOCKS5, HTTP Proxy, TCP/UDP Forwarding, Linux TProxy and TUN modes, so nearly any app can send its traffic via Hysteria.How do I get it running?Grab a ready build for your platform and follow the Get Started guide linked at the top of the README.
Grab a ready build for your platform and follow the Get Started guide linked at the top of the README.Do I need to set up my own server for this to work?Yes — Hysteria is client-server software: you deploy the server side on a host outside the censored network (a Docker image is provided) and run the client on your own device.
Yes — Hysteria is client-server software: you deploy the server side on a host outside the censored network (a Docker image is provided) and run the client on your own device.How hard is it for censors to detect and block it?Very hard by design: the protocol masquerades as standard HTTP/3 traffic, so an attempt to block it would cause widespread collateral damage for the censor.
Very hard by design: the protocol masquerades as standard HTTP/3 traffic, so an attempt to block it would cause widespread collateral damage for the censor.Will it run on my phone, or is it desktop-only?There are official builds for every major platform and architecture, plus a long list of third-party apps — desktops, servers and phones are all covered.
There are official builds for every major platform and architecture, plus a long list of third-party apps — desktops, servers and phones are all covered.Why is it fast on poor or lossy connections?It runs on a customized QUIC protocol explicitly designed to deliver unparalleled performance over unreliable and lossy networks.
It runs on a customized QUIC protocol explicitly designed to deliver unparalleled performance over unreliable and lossy networks.What does the server offer for integration into my infrastructure?Built-in support for custom authentication, traffic statistics and access control, which the README says makes Hysteria easy to integrate into your existing infrastructure.
Built-in support for custom authentication, traffic statistics and access control, which the README says makes Hysteria easy to integrate into your existing infrastructure.Is the documentation available in Chinese?Yes — the README links a separate Chinese docs section (中文文档) right next to the English Get Started guide.
Yes — the README links a separate Chinese docs section (中文文档) right next to the English Get Started guide.I keep finding Hysteria 1.x guides — should I follow them?Better not — the README marks Hysteria 1.x as legacy, so new setups should target the current version and its docs.
Better not — the README marks Hysteria 1.x as legacy, so new setups should target the current version and its docs.What are similar projects?v2ray-core, MasterHttpRelayVPN-RUST, mtproto.zig, MasterHttpRelayVPN, gost, vk-turn-proxy, gluetun, Xray-core
v2ray-core, MasterHttpRelayVPN-RUST, mtproto.zig, MasterHttpRelayVPN, gost, vk-turn-proxy, gluetun, Xray-coreWhich topics is it in?hysteria, relay, quic, http-proxy, socks5, anti-censorship, censorship-circumvention, vpn, golang, proxy, ios, networking
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