Aether v1.2.0
Aether is a user-space proxy client. It tunnels traffic out of a filtered network and exposes a local SOCKS5 proxy on 127.0.0.1:1819. Point a browser, terminal, or system proxy at that address and your traffic leaves through the tunnel.
What's new in v1.2.0:
- Fixed a false-positive in the data-plane check for MASQUE and WireGuard. The probe packet used to be sent to 1.1.1.1, which is inside Cloudflare's own network, so a gateway could pass just by routing internally without ever reaching the real internet. It now targets an external resolver, and needs two successful round-trips in a row instead of one. This was the cause behind reports of a tunnel showing as "connected" while actual traffic just hung.
- MASQUE now lets you pick HTTP/3 (QUIC) or HTTP/2 (TCP) up front, with a short note on when each helps: HTTP/3 for the fastest handshake on healthy networks, HTTP/2 for networks that block or throttle UDP.
This release includes prebuilt binaries for:
- Linux x86_64, built on Fedora latest (aether-linux-x86_64.tar.gz)
- Linux arm64 / aarch64, built on Fedora latest (aether-linux-arm64.tar.gz)
- Linux armv7 / 32-bit ARM, e.g. Raspberry Pi 2/3 (aether-linux-armv7.tar.gz)
- macOS arm64 / Apple Silicon (aether-macos-arm64.tar.gz)
- macOS x86_64 / Intel (aether-macos-x86_64.tar.gz)
- Windows x86_64 (aether-windows-x86_64.zip)
- Android / Termux arm64 (aether-android-arm64.tar.gz)
- Android / Termux armv7 (aether-android-armv7.tar.gz)
- Android / Termux x86_64 (aether-android-x86_64.tar.gz)
Each archive ships with a matching .sha256 file, and a combined SHA256SUMS.txt lists every checksum.
Quick start (Termux, one-line install):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CluvexStudio/aether/main/aether.sh -o aether.sh && chmod +x aether.sh && ./aether.sh install
Quick start (Windows):
- Download aether-windows-x86_64.zip and extract it.
- Double-click run-aether.bat. It opens a terminal, runs aether.exe, and stays open afterwards so you can read any errors.
Quick start (other platforms):
- Download the archive for your platform and extract it.
- Run the binary and answer the prompts, or set the environment variables listed in the guides.
- Point your client at socks5h://127.0.0.1:1819 and verify with:
curl -x socks5h://127.0.0.1:1819 https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace
Verify a download (Linux/macOS):
sha256sum -c aether-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
See README.md and the Docs directory for transport selection, obfuscation profiles, the HTTP/2 vs HTTP/3 choice in MASQUE, and the full environment-variable reference.
What's Changed
- Adding Docker Build stage to the Release actions by @AzureLeMoon in #15
Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.2.0