Supported Protocols

VX supports the major proxy protocols through vx-core.

Supported Protocols

• VMESS: AEAD encryption, widely supported by providers
• VLESS: Reduced TLS-in-TLS fingerprint
• Shadowsocks: Classic protocol with multiple ciphers
• Shadowsocks2022: Improved Shadowsocks protocol
• Trojan: TLS-wrapped, good for disguised traffic
• Hysteria2: QUIC-based, optimized for high-speed links
• SOCKS5: Standard SOCKS proxy
• HTTP: HTTP CONNECT proxy
• AnyTLS: Reduced TLS-in-TLS fingerprint
• WireGuard: Popular VPN protocol

Transports

Many protocols support additional transport layers:

• TCP, WebSocket, gRPC
• HTTPUpgrade / SplitHTTP
• KCP
• TLS, uTLS, REALITY

Related

• Protocols reference — full vx-core protocol list
• Import subscription — add nodes from a provider URL