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Hysteria vs sing-box: catalog facts
Hysteria	sing-box
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line
Performs well on lossy and congested links Designed to resist censorship and blocking	One binary covering WireGuard, Shadowsocks, VMess, Trojan, Hysteria and more A routing engine that picks an outbound per connection by domain, IP or process
Requires your own server to connect to Command-line configuration rather than a graphical app	JSON configuration that is genuinely complex to write correctly Documentation assumes you already know the protocols involved
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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