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go-shadowsocks2

Modern Shadowsocks proxy implementation in Go

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 4.7k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

go-shadowsocks2 is a fresh, modern implementation of the Shadowsocks secure SOCKS5 proxy protocol written in Go. It is self-hosted as a single binary for both server and client roles.

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Key features

  • Modern Shadowsocks
  • Secure SOCKS5 proxy
  • Single Go binary
  • Server and client

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go

Is go-shadowsocks2 secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for go-shadowsocks2's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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