- System proxy configuration
- PAC mode and global mode
- GeoSite and user rules
- Supports HTTP proxy
- Supports server auto switching
- Supports UDP relay (see Usage)
- Supports plugins
Download the latest release from release page.
.NET Framework 4.8 or higher, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) .
- Find Shadowsocks icon in the notification tray
- You can add multiple servers in servers menu
- Select
Enable System Proxymenu to enable system proxy. Please disable other proxy addons in your browser, or set them to use system proxy - You can also configure your browser proxy manually if you don't want to enable
system proxy. Set Socks5 or HTTP proxy to 127.0.0.1:1080. You can change this
port in
Servers -> Edit Servers
- The PAC rules are generated from the geosite database in v2fly/domain-list-community.
- Generation modes: whitelist mode and blacklist mode.
- Domain groups:
geositeDirectGroupsandgeositeProxiedGroups.geositeDirectGroupsis initialized withcnandgeolocation-!cn@cn.geositeProxiedGroupsis initialized withgeolocation-!cn.
- To switch between different modes, modify the
geositePreferDirectproperty ingui-config.json- When
geositePreferDirectis false (default), PAC works in whitelist mode. Exception rules are generated fromgeositeDirectGroups. Unmatched domains goes through the proxy. - When
geositePreferDirectis true, PAC works in blacklist mode. Blocking rules are generated fromgeositeProxiedGroups. Exception rules are generated fromgeositeDirectGroups. Unmatched domains are connected to directly.
- When
- Starting from 4.3.0.0, shadowsocks-windows defaults to whitelist mode with Chinese domains excluded from connecting via the proxy.
- The new default values make sure that:
- When in whitelist mode, Chinese domains, including non-Chinese companies' Chinese CDNs, are connected to directly.
- When in blacklist mode, only non-Chinese domains goes through the proxy. Chinese domains, as well as non-Chinese companies' Chinese CDNs, are connected to directly.