Aether is a censorship-circumvention client designed for networks where filtering, deep packet inspection, protocol fingerprinting, throttling, and endpoint blocking are common. It automatically searches for reachable gateways and validates that a route can actually pass data before trusting it. The client can establish encrypted connectivity through MASQUE over HTTP/3 or HTTP/2 and also supports WireGuard-based modes. Traffic obfuscation and optional TLS ClientHello fragmentation are available for environments that inspect connection patterns. Automatic reconnection can reuse the last known working gateway instead of repeating a full scan. Applications connect through a local SOCKS5 proxy exposed by Aether. Prebuilt releases target Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android through Termux, while the source is primarily built with Rust.

Features

  • Automatic reachable-gateway discovery
  • MASQUE over HTTP/3 and HTTP/2
  • WireGuard and nested WireGuard modes
  • Traffic obfuscation capabilities
  • Automatic reconnection to working gateways
  • Local SOCKS5 proxy interface

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Networking

License

Affero GNU Public License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

Rust

Related Categories

Rust Networking Software

Registered

2026-08-06