v2ray-core vs sing-box

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v2ray-core		sing-box
	Project
5	Mentions	6
44,703	Stars	13,658
0.6%	Growth	11.5%
0.0	Activity	9.7
10 days ago	Latest Commit	7 days ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

v2ray-core

Posts with mentions or reviews of v2ray-core. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-05.

Why won't my self-hosted VPN work?
6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Mar 2023
VPNs to use while in China?
3 projects | /r/hacking | 18 Jan 2023
IKEv2 VPNs over censored Internet
2 projects | /r/linuxadmin | 14 Jan 2022
有无技术老嗨说说，v2ray 的时间戳验证是否可以抵御重放攻击？
1 project | /r/CLTV | 14 Jun 2021
《GFW技术评论》-- naiveproxy 作者关于反GFW战略态势的描述
1 project | /r/China_irl | 8 Feb 2021

sing-box

Posts with mentions or reviews of sing-box. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-01.

WireGuard client that exposes itself as a HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy
14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Apr 2024
Several multi-protocol proxy clients support this functionality, some notable open-source examples include:
```
  - [sing-box](https://github.com/SagerNet/sing-box)
```
Forward SNI proxy with multiple gateways
5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 8 Dec 2023

sing-box: https://github.com/SagerNet/sing-box
V2ray vs Shadowsocks, which one should I host?
6 projects | /r/dumbclub | 14 Mar 2023
china
3 projects | /r/dumbclub | 9 Mar 2023
Why won't my self-hosted VPN work?
6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Mar 2023
技术老嗨进，现在自建VPS再套cdn真的不好使了嘛？难道只能用机场？迷雾通呢？
2 projects | /r/real_China_irl | 14 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing v2ray-core and sing-box you can also consider the following projects:

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

nekoray - Qt based cross-platform GUI proxy configuration manager (backend: v2ray / sing-box)

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

Clash.Meta - A rule-based tunnel in Go.

brook - A cross-platform programmable network tool

Xray-core - Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core, with XTLS support. Fully compatible configuration.

trojan - An unidentifiable mechanism that helps you bypass GFW.

gluetun - VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.

Xray-examples - Some examples of uses for Xray-core.

v2rayA - A web GUI client of Project V which supports VMess, VLESS, SS, SSR, Trojan, Tuic and Juicity protocols. 🚀