Aether
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راهنمای فارسی · English Guide · راهنمای کامل فارسی
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Aether is a censorship circumvention client designed for heavily restricted networks. It automatically discovers reachable routes, establishes an encrypted tunnel, and exposes a local SOCKS5 proxy for your applications.
Unlike traditional VPN clients, Aether is built for environments where Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), protocol fingerprinting, UDP throttling, and endpoint blocking are common.
Features
- Automatic endpoint discovery, with end-to-end data-plane validation so a gateway is only trusted once it actually passes traffic, not just once it answers the handshake
- MASQUE (HTTP/3 & HTTP/2), with optional TLS ClientHello fragmentation on HTTP/2
- WireGuard support
- Nested WireGuard mode (
gool) - Traffic obfuscation
- Automatic reconnection, and quick-reconnect to your last known-good gateway to skip rescanning
- Local SOCKS5 proxy
- Command-line flags, environment variables, or interactive prompts — your choice
- Linux, Windows, macOS and Android (Termux)
Download
Prebuilt binaries are available on the Releases page for:
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
- Android (Termux)
Termux (Android) — one-line install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CluvexStudio/aether/main/aether.sh -o aether.sh && chmod +x aether.sh && ./aether.sh install
This detects your device architecture, downloads the matching release, verifies its checksum, and installs aether into $PREFIX/bin. Run it afterwards with:
aether
To update later, run ./aether.sh update. To remove it, run ./aether.sh uninstall.
Build
Requirements
- Rust (latest stable)
- C/C++ compiler
- CMake
The quiche repository must be placed alongside aether:
<repo>/
aether/
quiche/
Build:
cargo build --release
Binary:
target/release/aether
Docker
You can run Aether in an isolated environment using Docker. The official image is available on GitHub Container Registry (GHCR).
Pull and run the pre-built image (interactive mode is required for initial setup):
docker run -it -p 1819:1819 ghcr.io/cluvexstudio/aether:latest
You can also bypass prompts by providing environment variables:
docker run -it -p 1819:1819 \
-e AETHER_PROTOCOL=masque \
-e AETHER_SCAN=balanced \
ghcr.io/cluvexstudio/aether:latest
If you prefer to build the image manually from source:
docker build -t aether .
docker run -it -p 1819:1819 aether
Usage
Run with no arguments and answer the prompts:
./target/release/aether
Or skip the prompts with flags:
./target/release/aether --masque -4 --scan turbo --noize firewall
On Windows, double-click run-aether.bat (included in the release zip) instead — it opens a terminal, runs aether.exe, and keeps the window open afterwards so you can read any errors.
Every prompt has a flag and an environment variable equivalent. Run ./target/release/aether --help for the full list, or see the guides linked below.
After startup, a SOCKS5 proxy will be available at:
127.0.0.1:1819
Example:
curl -x socks5h://127.0.0.1:1819 https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace
Supported Protocols
MASQUE (Recommended)
Encapsulates traffic over HTTP/3 (QUIC) or HTTP/2 (TLS), making it resemble ordinary HTTPS traffic.
WireGuard
Fast and lightweight transport for networks with less aggressive inspection.
Nested WireGuard (gool)
A WireGuard tunnel running inside another WireGuard tunnel, providing an additional encryption layer.
Documentation
Detailed documentation is available in:
- Docs/GUIDE.en.md — English guide
- Docs/GUIDE.fa.md — راهنمای فارسی
Credits
Developed by CluvexStudio. :))
MASQUE support is built on top of Cloudflare's Quiche library.
Contributing
Experienced network developers and protocol engineers are welcome to contribute.
Please keep the codebase clean, maintainable, and well-engineered. Low-quality or vibe-coded contributions will not be accepted.
Donate
If Aether has been useful to you, consider supporting its development:
- TRX (Tron):
TRxVSHcoADZnBfztFmFb2TQopusAwWYEVR - BTC:
bc1qnjnvzsa5avgj7n0uy383cv5zdxfjnvvp257egm - TON:
UQAH75bXaaRUhZMwiF0ZujOXFDDmvLSPASKoOsWF0HNasiaM
License
See the LICENSE file for licensing information.
