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sing-box vs Brook: catalog facts
sing-boxBrook
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Self-hosted, Command line
  • One binary covering WireGuard, Shadowsocks, VMess, Trojan, Hysteria and more
  • A routing engine that picks an outbound per connection by domain, IP or process
  • Clients for desktop, mobile and OpenWrt routers
  • Programmable through shareable scripts
  • JSON configuration that is genuinely complex to write correctly
  • Documentation assumes you already know the protocols involved
  • Requires running your own server
  • Configuration assumes networking knowledge
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Needs internet Needs internet

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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