6 alternatives to Xray-core
xtls/xray-core — Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses. (42,221 stars, MPL-2.0, infra, security, integration).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 627 licence-cleared components from xtls/xray-core itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
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| 1 | v2ray/v2ray-core | 4.9 | MIT | 46,919 |
| 2 | danops-1/xray-vpn-oneclick | 5.5 | MIT | 355 |
| 3 | cfal/shoes | 6.5 | MIT | 1,289 |
| 4 | getmeridian/meridian | 4.8 | MIT | 501 |
| 5 | winscp-project/nimbus | 4.6 | MIT | 1 |
| 6 | howmp/reality | 4.8 | MIT | 638 |
The alternatives in detail
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A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.
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🚀 5分钟部署 VLESS+Reality VPN | 访问 ChatGPT/Claude/Google | npm CLI 管理工具 | One-Click Xray Server with Traffic Stats | 科学上网 翻墙 梯子 魔法score 5.5/10 · MIT permissive · 355 stars · 150 components · search them
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A multi-protocol proxy server written in Rust (HTTP, SOCKS5, Vmess, Vless, Shadowsocks, Trojan, Snell, Hysteria2, TUIC v5, AnyTLS, Naiveproxy, XTLS, XHTTP)score 6.5/10 · MIT permissive · 1,289 stars · 420 components · search them
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One command deploys a hardened self-hosted VPN: VLESS+Reality, XHTTP and Hysteria2 on port 443, a built-in web panel, and a connection page for each person.score 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 501 stars · 606 components · search them
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Nimbus — VPN/proxy клиент подписок (Happ, Incy): VLESS Reality, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks, Hysteria2, TUIC, Clash YAML, sing-box. Web UI, ping, TUN, mixed SOCKS/HTTP 10808.score 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 1 stars · 15 components · search them
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grs内网穿透工具通过reality协议隐藏特征score 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 638 stars · 10 components · search them
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