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shadowsocks-android ★ 36805 11431 APPLICATION

This is the Shadowsocks Android client, a secure proxy/VPN application for circumventing internet censorship. It operates as a multi-module Android project with a core library providing the proxy engine, VPN service, and plugin management, plus separate mobile and TV UI modules. The application routes traffic through a remote SOCKS5 proxy, supporting multiple service modes (VPN, proxy, transproxy), per-app routing via ACL (Access Control List) rules, and native binaries (tun2socks, shadowsocks-rust) compiled via NDK or Rust. Key features include QR code import/export, subscription-based server list updates, and a plugin system that allows third-party native executables (e.g., v2ray, kcptun) to be integrated. The architecture follows Android best practices with Room for persistence, Coroutines for async work, and AIDL for inter-process communication between the UI and foreground services. The codebase is well-organized with extensive testing, CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), and localization in over a dozen languages, but shows some technical drift with deprecated APIs and complex native build scripts.

RATING: 8.3/10 MAINT: active DRIFT: medium
shadowsocks-rust ★ 0 0 UNKNOWN

RATING: N/A/10 MAINT: unknown DRIFT: unknown
shadowsocks-c ★ 0 0 UNKNOWN

RATING: N/A/10 MAINT: unknown DRIFT: unknown
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