Hysteria is a high-performance, censorship-resistant proxy and VPN-like networking tool designed to deliver fast, reliable connectivity over unstable or lossy networks by leveraging a custom UDP/QUIC-based transport layer that can masquerade as standard HTTP/3 traffic to evade detection. It supports a wide range of use cases including SOCKS5 and HTTP proxying, TCP/UDP forwarding, Linux TProxy for network redirection, and even tunneling via TUN interfaces, making it a flexible choice for developers and network engineers needing robust remote access or traffic obfuscation. Because it’s implemented in Go and MIT-licensed, the project provides cross-platform builds for major operating systems and architectures, letting users deploy servers and clients for both personal and infrastructural purposes.
Features
- Custom QUIC-based high-performance proxy transport
- SOCKS5, HTTP proxy, TCP/UDP forwarding support
- Censorship resistance by masquerading as HTTP/3
- Authentication, stats, and access control features
- Cross-platform support with prebuilt binaries
- Flexible use as server or client proxy system