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V2Ray (Project V) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network, encrypting your connections to protect privacy and bypass network restrictions like censorship.
V2Ray (Project V) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network, encrypting your connections to protect privacy and bypass network restrictions like censorship.Is this a ready-to-use VPN app or more of a building-block engine?It is the core engine/platform rather than a polished end-user app; you assemble a proxy setup (client and/or server) from it, and many separate GUI clients are built on top of this core.
It is the core engine/platform rather than a polished end-user app; you assemble a proxy setup (client and/or server) from it, and many separate GUI clients are built on top of this core.How do I install and configure it?The README points to the official 'Documentation and Newcomer's Instructions' for installing and configuring V2Ray rather than giving inline setup steps.
The README points to the official 'Documentation and Newcomer's Instructions' for installing and configuring V2Ray rather than giving inline setup steps.Do I need to compile it myself, or are prebuilt packages available?You can build it from source with Go, but ready-made distro packages depend on community maintainers; the project explicitly invites volunteers to package V2Ray for other distros and platforms.
You can build it from source with Go, but ready-made distro packages depend on community maintainers; the project explicitly invites volunteers to package V2Ray for other distros and platforms.Does the repo itself include a GUI client?No, this repository is just the core proxy engine with no graphical interface included; you pair it with a separate client/GUI if you want a visual front end.
No, this repository is just the core proxy engine with no graphical interface included; you pair it with a separate client/GUI if you want a visual front end.Does it only run on Linux servers, or also on Windows and macOS?As a Go binary, V2Ray builds and runs across Linux, Windows, and macOS, which is why packagers are asked to provide builds for multiple distros and platforms.
As a Go binary, V2Ray builds and runs across Linux, Windows, and macOS, which is why packagers are asked to provide builds for multiple distros and platforms.What protocols can V2Ray tunnel traffic through?Based on the project's topics, V2Ray supports protocols including VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Shadowsocks, and SOCKS5 for building proxy tunnels.
Based on the project's topics, V2Ray supports protocols including VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Shadowsocks, and SOCKS5 for building proxy tunnels.What is V2Fly in relation to V2Ray?V2Fly is the community organization (v2fly/v2ray-core) that now maintains this V2Ray/Project V core after the original project.
V2Fly is the community organization (v2fly/v2ray-core) that now maintains this V2Ray/Project V core after the original project.What third-party libraries does the core rely on?In production it depends on libraries like gorilla/websocket, quic-go/quic-go, pires/go-proxyproto, seiflotfy/cuckoofilter, google/starlark-go, jhump/protoreflect, and inetaf/netaddr.
In production it depends on libraries like gorilla/websocket, quic-go/quic-go, pires/go-proxyproto, seiflotfy/cuckoofilter, google/starlark-go, jhump/protoreflect, and inetaf/netaddr.What are similar projects?Xray-core, v2rayN, vpn-configs-for-russia, v2rayNG, Open-Box, panda-vpn-pro, edgetunnel, mtproto.zig
Xray-core, v2rayN, vpn-configs-for-russia, v2rayNG, Open-Box, panda-vpn-pro, edgetunnel, mtproto.zigWhich topics is it in?v2fly, anticensorship, vmess, vless, trojan, network, socks5, v2ray, shadowsocks, tunnel, censorship-circumvention, vpn
v2fly, anticensorship, vmess, vless, trojan, network, socks5, v2ray, shadowsocks, tunnel, censorship-circumvention, vpn