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Shadowsocks on Windows Pc

Developed By: Max Lv

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 68.060 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 5.3.3
Size 21.2 MB
Release Date February 11, 23
Category Communication Apps

App Permissions:
Required to be able to access the camera device. [see more (7)]

What's New:
* Support Android 12. (#2749)* Fixes. (#2786, #2791, #2803) [see more]

Description from Developer:
Shadowsocks is a high-performance cross-platform secured socks5 proxy. It will help you surf the internet privately and securely.

*NOTE: You may need to unisntall and reinstall th... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Shadowsocks and install on Windows PC. Shadowsocks is free Communication app, developed by Max Lv. Latest version of Shadowsocks is 5.3.3, was released on 2023-02-11 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000,000. Overall rating of Shadowsocks is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 68,060 users, 5,832 users had rated it 5*, 51,734 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Shadowsocks on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Shadowsocks on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Shadowsocks on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Shadowsocks using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Shadowsocks" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Shadowsocks on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Shadowsocks" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 5.3.3 , 5.2.5 , 5.2.1 , 5.2.0.

Download Shadowsocks 5.3.3 on Windows PC – 21.2 MB

Download Shadowsocks 5.2.5 on Windows PC – 6.4 MB

Download Shadowsocks 5.2.1 on Windows PC – 6.9 MB

Download Shadowsocks 5.2.0 on Windows PC – 9.4 MB

Shadowsocks is a high-performance cross-platform secured socks5 proxy. It will help you surf the internet privately and securely.

*NOTE: You may need to unisntall and reinstall the app, after upgrading to 3.x or above.*

FEATURES

1. Bleeding edge techniques with Asynchronous I/O and Event-driven programming.
2. Low resource comsumption, suitable for low end boxes and embedded devices.
3. Avaliable on multiple platforms, including PC, MAC, Mobile (Android and iOS) and Routers (OpenWRT).
4. Open source implementions in python, node.js, golang, C#, and pure C.

Visit our project site for more details: https://www.shadowsocks.org

SETUP

1. To setup your own server, please refer to: https://shadowsocks.org/en/download/servers.html
2. To view the source codes or build your own apk, please refer to: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android

FAQ

https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android/wiki/FAQ

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2016 by Max Lv
Copyright (C) 2016 by Mygod Studio

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Other open source licenses can be found here: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android/blob/master/README.md#open-source-licenses
* Support Android 12. (#2749)
* Fixes. (#2786, #2791, #2803)
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read from external storage.