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v2rayN vs v2ray-core

Socks5 rivals. Both tagged socks5, vmess, v2ray. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

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2dust/v2rayN: 120,399 stars, C#. A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray and sing-box and others
v2ray/v2ray-core: 46,905 stars, Go. A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.

v2rayN vs v2ray-core: tale of the tape

GitHub data as of November 11, 2026

v2rayN has 2.6 times as many GitHub stars as v2ray-core (120,399 vs 46,905). In the last 6 days, v2rayN gained more stars: +414 (+0.3%) against +-13 (-0.0%) for v2ray-core. v2rayN saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 660 commits, against 0 for v2ray-core. v2ray-core is the older project (created September 2015), v2rayN started in July 2019. v2rayN is written mainly in C#, v2ray-core in Go.

2dust/v2rayNv2ray/v2ray-core
Stars120,39946,905
Stars gained, last 6 days+414+-13
Growth, last 6 days+0.3%-0.0%
Avg. stars per day since creation4512
Forks16,3078,762
Commits, last 52 weeks6600
Open issues2215
Best Repocharts rank today#1 in C##40 in Go
LanguageC#Go
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
CreatedJul 30, 2019Sep 4, 2015
Last pushNov 11, 2026Aug 31, 2026

Quick answers

Which is more popular, v2rayN or v2ray-core?

v2rayN has 2.6 times as many GitHub stars as v2ray-core (120,399 vs 46,905) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).

Which is growing faster, v2rayN or v2ray-core?

In the last 6 days, v2rayN gained more stars: +414 (+0.3%) against +-13 (-0.0%) for v2ray-core.

Which is more actively developed?

v2rayN saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 660 commits, against 0 for v2ray-core.

What languages are v2rayN and v2ray-core written in?

v2rayN is written mainly in C#, v2ray-core in Go.

How does RepoClash compare v2rayN and v2ray-core?

RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.

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