Alternatives to NaiveProxy
A censorship-resistant proxy that uses Chromium's network stack to look like normal HTTPS traffic. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
NaiveProxy
A censorship-resistant proxy that uses Chromium's network stack to look like normal HTTPS traffic.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as NaiveProxy.
Xray
An open-source proxy core from Project X with the XTLS and REALITY protocols for circumventing censorship.
Xray uses the XTLS and REALITY protocols to resist censorship, works as both server and client core, and is supported by many GUI clients.
Hysteria
An open-source proxy built on QUIC, designed for speed and resistance to censorship.
Hysteria is a QUIC-based proxy that performs well on lossy links, with a public protocol specification, Docker support and Windows, macOS and Linux builds.
Shadowsocks
A fast encrypted tunnel proxy for getting past firewalls, with implementations for most platforms.
Shadowsocks is a lightweight encrypted proxy that is simpler to set up, with clients and servers for most platforms including iOS and routers.
V2Ray
A proxy platform for building encrypted proxy connections to get around network restrictions.
V2Ray is a flexible proxy platform with several protocols and transports, configured through files and requiring your own server.
sing-box
A universal proxy platform that speaks WireGuard, Shadowsocks, VMess, Trojan, Hysteria and more from one binary.
sing-box covers many proxy protocols from one binary with per-connection routing on desktop and Android, but its JSON configuration is complex.
Outline VPN
Self-run VPN server built on Shadowsocks, made for censored networks.
Outline VPN offers a self-run Shadowsocks server with a manager app for easy key sharing and graphical clients on desktop and mobile.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
v2rayNG
An Android client for V2Ray and Xray proxy servers, using the Xray or v2fly core.
Hiddify
Multi-platform proxy client for WireGuard, Xray and sing-box servers.
v2rayN
A desktop GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS that runs Xray, sing-box and other proxy cores.
Lantern
An open-source censorship-circumvention app that gives access to blocked websites and apps.
Psiphon
A censorship-circumvention app that combines several blocking-resilient transports to reach sites blocked in your country.
3x-ui
A self-hosted web panel for running Xray-core proxy servers and managing their users and protocols.
