nekoray AlternativesVPN Clients and other similar apps like nekoray

nekoray is described as 'Qt based cross-platform GUI proxy configuration manager (backend: v2ray / sing-box)' and is a VPN Client in the security & privacy category. There are seven alternatives to nekoray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best nekoray alternative is Shadowsocks, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nekoray are Hiddify, v2rayN, Qv2ray and v2rayA.

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

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nekoray alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2025
  1. Shadowsocks icon
     118 likes

    A fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls.

    185 Shadowsocks alternatives
    Shadowsocks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid

    Shadowsocks Features

    1.  Online Anonymity
    2.  Bypass Firewall
    3.  TCP Proxy
    4.  Built-in VPN
    5.  Anonymous Proxy
    6.  OpenVPN
    7.  Shadowsocks
    8.  Anticensorship
    9.  Split Proxy
    10.  Bypass Censorship
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    • Shadowsocks is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to nekoray.

    • Shadowsocks is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nekoray.

    • Shadowsocks is Free and Open Sourcenekoray is also Free and Open Source
  2. GUI.for.SingBox icon
     1 like
    GUI.for.SingBox screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GUI.for.SingBox Features

    GUI.for.SingBox iconnekoray Icon

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  3. Hiddify icon
     1 like

    Multi-platform auto-proxy client, supporting Sing-box, X-ray, TUIC, Hysteria, Reality, Trojan, SSH etc. It’s an open-source, secure and ad-free.

    7 Hiddify alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Linux
    • iPad

    Hiddify Features

    1.  WireGuard
    2.  Shadowsocks
    3.  SSH
    Hiddify iconnekoray Icon

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  4. v2rayN icon
     4 likes

    This V2Ray client offers users the possibility to navigate the web more privately, thanks to the tool allowing configuration for Socks, VMess, and other such protocols.

    12 v2rayN alternatives
    v2rayN screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac

    v2rayN Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Shadowsocks
    3.  AES-256 Encryption
    4.  End-to-End Encryption
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Anonymous Proxy
    7.  Dark Mode
    v2rayN iconnekoray Icon

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  5. Qv2ray icon
     1 like

    multi-platform v2ray client for desktop users supporting the following protocols: VMess, VLESS, SSR, Trojan, Trojan-Go, NativeProxy, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5

    7 Qv2ray alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Anonymous Proxy
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Decentralized
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.7.0) was released on Aug 17,2021.

    Qv2ray iconnekoray Icon

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  6. v2rayA icon
     2 likes

    A web GUI client of Project V which supports V2Ray, Xray, SS, SSR, Trojan and Pingtunnel

    7 v2rayA alternatives
    v2rayA screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD

    v2rayA Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  No Logs
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Shadowsocks
    6.  No Tracking
    v2rayA iconnekoray Icon

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    wireproxy is a completely userspace application that connects to a WireGuard peer, and exposes a socks5/HTTP proxy or tunnels on the machine. This can be useful if you need to connect to certain sites via a WireGuard peer, but can't be bothered to set up a new network...

    5 wireproxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • WireGuard

    wireproxy Features

    1.  WireGuard
    2.  HTTP Proxy
    3.  Proxy support
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    wireproxy VS nekoray

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    • wireproxy is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to nekoray.

    • wireproxy is Free and Open Sourcenekoray is also Free and Open Source
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