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Cloak vs Hysteria: catalog facts
Cloak	Hysteria
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Server is hard to tell apart from a normal web server, even under active probing Works in front of OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, Tor and other TCP or UDP proxies	Performs well on lossy and congested links Designed to resist censorship and blocking
Not a standalone proxy; needs a separate proxy program behind it Requires running and configuring your own server	Requires your own server to connect to Command-line configuration rather than a graphical app
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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