shadowsocks-windows vs Wox

shadowsocks-windows

A C# port of shadowsocks (by shadowsocks)

Shadowsocks C# Proxy

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Wox

A cross-platform launcher that simply works (by Wox-launcher)

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shadowsocks-windows		Wox
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7	Mentions	23
57,929	Stars	23,949
0.3%	Growth	0.7%
0.0	Activity	9.8
6 months ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C#	Language	Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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shadowsocks-windows

Posts with mentions or reviews of shadowsocks-windows. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-15.

How to make ShadowSocks proxy to tunnel all my traffic (like a VPN) on Windows
1 project | /r/VPN | 4 Dec 2022

So I have a SS proxy running (with this client) and the majority of applications use it when it's on global mode but for example the command line (cmd) doesn't seem to pick it up. (e.g. I can't ping a blocked website on cmd whereas I can do this with a VPN)
Shadowsocks作者润之前的感悟：政府无限的权力，都是大部分人自己放弃的。假货坑爹，让政府审核。孩子管不好，让政府关网吧。有人在微博骂我，让政府去删。房价太高，让政府去限购。我们的文化实在太独特，创造出了家长式威权政府，GFW 正是在这种背景下产生的，一个社会矛盾的终极调和器，最终生活不能自理的你每天做的每一件事情都要给政府审查一遍，以免伤害到其他同样生活不能自理的人。
1 project | /r/KanagawaWave | 2 Jun 2022
中国处处是墙
1 project | /r/CLTV | 24 Apr 2022

commented on 18 Aug 2015 at Github
VS Code in Github
1 project | /r/programming | 30 Aug 2021

Just tried it on https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows
🔝Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (Q1 2021) and the trend
15 projects | dev.to | 15 Apr 2021

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity. For more info on PowerToys overviews and guides, or any other tools and resources for Windows development environments, head over to docs.microsoft.com!
致那些坚持认为不会翻墙者不配看墙外东西的粉红
1 project | /r/chonglangTV | 7 Feb 2021

https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows/issues/293#issuecomment-132253168
🔝Top 10 C# Projects on GitHub (December 2020), the trend and indications
22 projects | dev.to | 15 Dec 2020

Shadowsocks is a free and open-source encryption protocol project, widely used to circumvent Internet censorship. Why is it so popular, because it is used by a large population!

Wox

Posts with mentions or reviews of Wox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.

We released a new powerful efficiency tool called RunFlow, which is similar to PowerToys and Alfred, welcome to try it
2 projects | dev.to | 20 Mar 2024

RunFlow is a cross-platform productivity tool which can launch apps and search files and more, that similar to Wox and PowerToys on Windows, and also similar like Alfred and Raycast on macOS. But we have differences with these tools, and we have our own unique new features. Right now, at the below, we will introduce you what features of RunFlow have been implemented in more details. It's an amazing journey, let's start.
Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jan 2024

I find Wox (which also uses Everything) a really great quick launcher, it saves a lot of time.
https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
Just formated my PC, and I forgot a certain Windows search software that I had
2 projects | /r/software | 27 Apr 2023

Maybe it's Wox (https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox) which is no longer maintained. Out of all these Spotlight alternatives, I think Fluent search is the best https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
Working with one Monitor
3 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 12 Jan 2023

Wox
Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Aug 2022

I shared the exact same sentiment when I transitioned to Windows after a long period of only using macOS. I eventually began building a launcher myself using C# and over time it has become my daily driver. Feel free to check it out at https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint, PRs welcome :-)
A few other nice candidates I found include:
- Keypirinha: https://keypirinha.com/
- Wox: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
- ueli: https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli
I am genuinely curious - why Microsoft thinks this is an acceptable default search behavior?
5 projects | /r/Windows10 | 1 Jun 2022

Other options that are open source are wox, cerebro and flow launcher
Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’
10 projects | /r/technology | 15 Mar 2022

Have a look at PowerToys Run - based on Wox, open-source, and officially MS-backed.
I thought they've fixed it already?
2 projects | /r/Windows10 | 13 Feb 2022
In response to the desktop organization post 2 electric boogaloo
1 project | /r/pcmasterrace | 25 Jan 2022

For anyone in need of a functional search in windows: I recommend Wox, it uses the everyhig searoh engine and it works flawlessly
Search results and Windows 10
1 project | /r/windows | 5 Jan 2022

Personally I avoid the start menu or anything related to Windows indexing. What I use is everything and wox.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing shadowsocks-windows and Wox you can also consider the following projects:

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

Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

v2rayN - A GUI client for Windows, support Xray core and v2fly core and others

PowerToys - Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

EverythingToolbar - Everything integration for the Windows taskbar. [Moved to: https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar]

NRules - Rules engine for .NET, based on the Rete matching algorithm, with internal DSL in C#.

EverythingToolbar - Everything integration for the Windows taskbar.

TShock - ☕️⚡️TShock provides Terraria servers with server-side characters, anti-cheat, and community management tools.

shadowsocks-csharp - If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. [Moved to: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows]

eShopOnContainers - Cross-platform .NET sample microservices and container based application that runs on Linux Windows and macOS. Powered by .NET 7, Docker Containers and Azure Kubernetes Services. Supports Visual Studio, VS for Mac and CLI based environments with Docker CLI, dotnet CLI, VS Code or any other code editor. Moved to https://github.com/dotnet/eShop.