V2RayXS: A simple GUI for Xray on macOS
Attention: If you want to use v2ray-core version please install the original project. https://github.com/Cenmrev/V2RayX
This repo is based on the Cenmrev/V2RayX project for maintenance and update, uses the Xray-core implementation to support the VLESS and XTLS protocol, and the copyright of the application belongs to the original author @Contents. Pay tribute to @Contents, Thanks to the @XTLS community and all contributors
What is V2Ray?
READ THIS: Project V2Ray.
YOU SHOULD READ V2RAY'S OFFICIAL INSTRUCTION BEFORE USING V2RAYX!
Other V2Ray clients on macOS: V2RayU. (Not related to or endorsed by authors of this repo. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. The project may have failed.)
What is XTLS? Xray?
READ THIS: XTLS? Xray? V2Ray?.
YOU SHOULD READ XTLS'S OFFICIAL INSTRUCTION BEFORE USING V2RAYXS!
Download V2RayX
Download from Releases. (compiled by travis-ci.org).
By Homebrew-Cask.
brew cask install v2rayx
How to build
V2RayXS.app is built by running one of the following commands in your terminal. You can install this via the command-line with curl.
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tzmax/V2RayXS/master/compilefromsource.sh)"
or step by step:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/tzmax/V2RayXS.git
open V2RayXS.xcodeproj and use Xcode to build V2RayXS.
How does V2RayXS work
V2RayXS provides a GUI to generate the config file for V2Ray. It includes Xray's binary executable in the app bundle. V2RayXS starts and stops V2Ray with launchd
of macOS.
V2RayXS also allows users to change system proxy settings and switch proxy servers on the macOS menu bar.
As default, V2RayXS will open a socks5 proxy at port 1081
as the main inbound, as well as a http proxy at port 8001
as an inboundDetour.
V2RayXS provide three modes:
- Global Mode: V2RayXS asks macOS to route all internet traffic to xray core if the network traffic obeys operating system's network rules.
- PAC Mode: macOS will determine the routing based on a pac file and some traffic may be routed to xray core.
- Manual Mode: V2RayXS will not modify any macOS network settings, but only start or stop xray core.
Options in menu list Routing Rule
determine how xray core deals with incoming traffic. Core routing rules apply to all three modes above.
auto-run on login
Open macOS System Preferences -> Users & Group -> Login Items, add V2RayXS.app to the list.
manually update xray-core
replace V2RayXS.app/Contents/Resources/v2ray
with the newest xray version from xray-core repo. However, compatibility is not guaranteed.
If you want to use v2ray-core version please install the original project. https://github.com/Cenmrev/V2RayX
Uninstall
V2RayXS will create the following files and folders:
/Library/Application Support/V2RayXS
~/Library/Application Support/V2RayXS
~/Library/Preferences/cenmrev.V2RayXS.plist
So, to totally uninstall V2RayXS, just delete V2RayXS.app and the files above. :)
Acknowledge
V2RayXS uses GCDWebServer to provide a local pac server. V2RayXS also uses many ideas and codes from ShadowsocksX, especially, the codes of v2rays_sysconfig are simply copied from shadowsocks_sysconf with some modifications.
Donation
If Project V2Ray or V2RayX (V2RayXS) helped you, you can also help us by donation in your will.
To donate to Project V2Ray, you may refer to this page.
To donate to Project Xray, you may refer to this page.
Disclaimer
This tool is mainly for personal usage. For professional users and technique support, commercial software like proxifier is recommended. Please refer to #60.
The Maintaining developers need to complete school courses. So V2rayXS will not be updated frequently. Users can replace V2RayXS.app/Contents/Resources/xray with the newest Xray-core downloaded from https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core/releases.
The developer currently does not have enough time to add more features to V2RayXS, nor to merge PRs. However, forking and releasing your own version are always welcome.