DobbyVPN vs Exclave
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
DobbyVPN
Open-source opinionated VPN client implementing major VPN protocols. Supported protocols: Shadowsocks (Outline) Shadowsocks over WebSocket Shadowsocks over Cloak Config format Dobby consumes “subscription” / “dynamic keys” as YAML over HTTPS. The full up-to-date format (with examples) is documented in the project README: https://github.com/DobbyVPN/DobbyVPN/blob/main/README.md Work in progress AmneziaWG References Connection Prefix Disguises: https://developers.google.com/outline/docs/guides/service-providers/prefixing Cloak: https://github.com/cbeuw/Cloak Outline setup: https://getoutline.org/get-started/#step-1
Exclave
Exclave is a proxy client. Features: - Various proxy protocols - Group and subscription - Routing - Proxy chain Some supported protocols: - Shadowsocks (with SIP003 plugin support) - Shadowsocks 2022 (with SIP003 plugin support) - Trojan - Hysteria 2 - AnyTLS - mieru - NaïveProxy (as a standalone plugin) - TUIC - Juicity - VMess (with various optional sub-protocols) - VLESS (with various optional sub-protocols) - WireGuard (TCP and UDP only) - TrustTunnel (no ICMP echo support) - SSH proxy ("dynamic port forwarding") - HTTP CONNECT tunnel (HTTP/1.1, HTTP/1.1 with TLS, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3) - SOCKS4, SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 Although it can take charge of the traffic through the VPN service provided by the system, it is a TCP and UDP proxy used as a "pseudo-VPN" rather than a VPN. It is a fork of the archived Android proxy client SagerNet and uses a custom overhauled fork of V2Ray.
| Feature | DobbyVPN | Exclave |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | VPNBrowser | VPNBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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