UDP Bus vs VPN Hotspot
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
UDP Bus
android-udp-bus is an application to create UDP forwarders, hubs and other tools. To aid building VPNs, video streaming and other tricky network uses. Features: * Binding UDP socket on specified port and exchanging traffic between all known peers * Exchanging traffic between multiple UDP sockets * Remembering specified number of peers that have sent us some datagram, with optional expiration policy * Directly specifying peers to send datagrams to. Combined with remembering, it allows using the application as UDP forwarder. * Joining multicast groups, setting TTL, TOS, read and write buffer sizes and other socket options. * Periodical sending of hardcoded datagrams to specified peers (e.g. to keep NAT open) * Displaying of detailed statistics of the traffic * Starting multiple isolated hubs, each with distinct set of ports. Can even act as a simplistic load balancer due to SO_REUSEPORT. The application does not send datagrams back to sender. Limitations: * UI is not user-friendly. * Not all features are exposed in GUI - you may want to add some undocumented fields to the JSON manually. * Not very optimised for speed or latency. It may be slightly slower than socat udp4-l udp. * Not everything is tested yet * Documentation is lacking
VPN Hotspot
Connecting things to your VPN made simple. Share your VPN connection over hotspot/system tethering or repeater. (root required) This app is useful for: * Connecting things that don't support VPN like Chromecasts behind corporate firewalls; * Setting up gapps behind corporate firewalls; * Connecting to your mobile hotspot but you're not bothered to set up VPN on your device; * Identifying, monitoring and blocking (unwanted) clients; * Bypassing tethering limits by: - (recommended) Use this app with a real VPN/socksifier; (ad-blocker may not work) - (might or might not work based on your carrier) Use this app with TTL editor like TTL Master; - Try your luck and simply use this app. Get more information including FAQs on GitHub: https://github.com/Mygod/VPNHotspot/blob/master/README.md
| Feature | UDP Bus | VPN Hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | VPNBrowser | VPNBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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