Cloak vs phantun

Cloak

A censorship circumvention tool to evade detection by authoritarian state adversaries (by cbeuw)

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phantun

Transforms UDP stream into (fake) TCP streams that can go through Layer 3 & Layer 4 (NAPT) firewalls/NATs. (by dndx)

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Cloak		phantun
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17	Mentions	3
3,080	Stars	1,449
-	Growth	-
5.3	Activity	5.6
9 days ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
Go	Language	Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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Cloak

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cloak. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-21.

Any servers working in Russia left?
3 projects | /r/mullvadvpn | 21 Jun 2023
Wireguard is banned in China, anything I could do about it?
6 projects | /r/WireGuard | 11 Feb 2023

You can try cloak? It is meant to circumvent these types of bans.
How to use Outline with Cloak?
1 project | /r/outlinevpn | 2 Feb 2023

Already saw this Cloak Underlying proxy configuration guides but could not understand how to do it with outline server.
Help with bypassing hospital VPN and wireguard block
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Nov 2022

does this might help you ? https://github.com/cbeuw/Cloak
Cloak: Censorship Circumvention Tool
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 16 Oct 2022

1 project | /r/hackernews | 16 Oct 2022

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 16 Oct 2022

3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2022

>it's not clear that Cloak does anything novel when compared to existing systems.
I'm not an expert on censorship-circumvention utilities but I found this comment when browsing the Cloak source repository that may partially answer your question:
https://github.com/cbeuw/Cloak/issues/169#issuecomment-12574...
>, and how do you prevent the censoring regime from finding and blocking them?
The tools like Cloak try to work on the principle "collateral freedom" which hides censored data inside of "internet services that are too big block" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_freedom
And the effectiveness of that strategy depends on the hackability of those internet services as they can sometimes change the rules which close the loopholes of "collateral freedom" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_fronting#Disabling
Cloak - Censorship Circumvention Tool
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 16 Oct 2022
Wireguard handshake in IRAN - HELP
7 projects | /r/WireGuard | 27 Sep 2022

I recommend https://github.com/cbeuw/Cloak which is designed for this use case.

phantun

Posts with mentions or reviews of phantun. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-11.

Wireguard is banned in China, anything I could do about it?
6 projects | /r/WireGuard | 11 Feb 2023

try Phantun plz, udp in tcp tunnel.
Wireguard handshake in IRAN - HELP
7 projects | /r/WireGuard | 27 Sep 2022

turn UDP into TCP https://github.com/dndx/phantun It does not modify the UDP payload, so the usual WG signatures such as 01 00 00 00 header, all zeros mac2 field, fixed length handshake message etc.al. are still there.
Share with Reddit: Phantun - Run WireGuard over obfuscated TCP connections without UDP over TCP penalty (alternative to udp2raw)
1 project | /r/WireGuard | 21 Oct 2021

The project is called Phantun. Source code, binary releases and detailed README are available at: https://github.com/dndx/phantun

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Cloak and phantun you can also consider the following projects:

v2ray-core - A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.

shadowsocks-android - A shadowsocks client for Android

wireguard-manager - ✔️ WireGuard-Manager is an innovative tool designed to streamline the deployment and management of WireGuard VPNs. Emphasizing user-friendliness and security, it simplifies the complexities of VPN configuration, offering a robust yet accessible solution for both personal and professional use.

tunnel-wireguard-udp2raw - Tunnel WireGuard UDP traffic over TCP using udp2raw

hysteria - Hysteria is a powerful, lightning fast and censorship resistant proxy.

ipt_xor - iptables xor module

trojan-go - Go实现的Trojan代理，支持多路复用/路由功能/CDN中转/Shadowsocks混淆插件，多平台，无依赖。A Trojan proxy written in Go. An unidentifiable mechanism that helps you bypass GFW. https://p4gefau1t.github.io/trojan-go/

udp2raw - A Tunnel which Turns UDP Traffic into Encrypted UDP/FakeTCP/ICMP Traffic by using Raw Socket,helps you Bypass UDP FireWalls(or Unstable UDP Environment)

shadowsocks-rust - A Rust port of shadowsocks

shadowsocks-rust - 我们有证据表明这个修改版的Shadowsocks-rust可以绕过当前GFW对Shadowsocks的检测和封锁。 | We have evidences that this modified Shadowsocks-rust can bypass the detection and blocking by the GFW.

outline-apps - Outline Client and Manager, developed by Jigsaw. Outline Manager makes it easy to create your own VPN server. Outline Client lets you share access to your VPN with anyone in your network, giving them access to the free and open internet.

shadowsocksr-native - 翻墙从容穿越党国敏感日 ShadowsocksR (SSRoT) native implementation for all platforms, GFW terminator