Xray-core review: score, privacy and prices
2.59
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Mesh / self-hosted median 2.5
- Mesh / self-hosted
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Owner:none
- Data completeness40%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- VLESS / Reality
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass6.2 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols2.9 vs 1.8
- Platforms and support4.8 vs 3.9
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms2.1 vs 3.4
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Mesh / self-hosted services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Xray-core (Project X)segment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.0
What earned points
- No-logs policy +2
- Independent no-logs audit +3
- No-logs confirmed in court +1
- Warrant canary +1
- Transparency report +1
- Sign-up without email +1.5
- Account number sign-up +0.5
- Stores connection IP (penalty) −3
- Public incident (penalty) −2
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.82.9
What earned points
- Kill switch +2
- DNS leak protection +1.5
- RAM-only servers +1
- Post-quantum encryption +1
- Perfect forward secrecy +0.5
- Security audit +2
- Open-source clients +1.5
- 2FA +1
- Multi-hop +1
- Bug bounty +1
- Only PPTP / L2TP (penalty) −2
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.42.1
What earned points
- Free plan +1.5
- Free trial +1
- Trial without a card +1
- Crypto payments +1
- Cash payments +0.5
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Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.56.2
What earned points
- Stealth / obfuscation +2
- VLESS / Reality +1.5
- Trojan +1
- Hysteria2 +1
- Shadowsocks +1
- AmneziaWG +1
- obfs4 +0.5
- TUIC +0.5
- NaiveProxy +0.5
- Mirrors or Telegram channel +0.5
- VoIP in the UAE (claimed) +0.5
- Manual configs +0.5
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Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 2.80.0
What earned points
- 10 Gbps servers +1
- Dedicated IP +0.5
- Port forwarding +0.5
- MENA locations +0.5
- Torrenting allowed +1
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Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 3.94.8
What earned points
- Routers +1
- Browser extensions +0.5
- Split tunneling +1
- Ad / tracker blocker +1
- 24/7 live chat +2
- live chat +0.5
- Support on Telegram +0.5
- Status page +0.5
Xray-core (Project X) pricing
Xray-core (Project X) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes fully free software; self-hosted, no servers provided. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything Xray-core (Project X) publishes
Every fact we collected about Xray-core (Project X), as the provider and reviewers state it. Empty fields are left out; key fields we could not find say “Not stated”. “Partial”: only on some platforms, servers or plans.
Company
- Legal entity
- none (open-source community project, XTLS org on GitHub)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Parent company
- none
- Related brands
- VLESS
- REALITY
- XHTTP
- XTLS
- Project X
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN (docs also RU, FA, ZH via community)
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- 0
- Monthly plan
- 0
- 1-year plan, total
- 0
- 1-year plan, a month
- 0
- 2-year plan, total
- 0
- 2-year plan, a month
- 0
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes fully free software; self-hosted, no servers provided
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- No
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes donations only
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- Not stated
- Static IP
- Not stated
- Residential IP
- Not stated
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- Not stated
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardWireGuard inbound/outbound✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolXTLS / REALITY / XHTTP (open)✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityVLESS, REALITY originated here; XTLS Vision; XHTTP✓ Yes
- VMess✓ Yes
- Trojan✓ Yes
- Shadowsocks✓ Yes
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Yes VLESS post-quantum encryption announced
- Manual configuration files
- Yes JSON config; share links/subscriptions via clients
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core (MPL-2.0); third-party GUIs v2rayN, v2rayNG, Happ, Streisand etc
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes REALITY, XTLS, XHTTP designed for censorship resistance
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Yes Telegram: Project X, Project X Channel, Project VLESS (RU), Project XHTTP (FA)
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
What the privacy policy says is collected
Yes: collected. No: not collected. Partial: kept briefly or only in part. Not stated: the policy does not say.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windowsv2rayN, Furious, etc.✓ Yes
- macOSHapp, V2rayU, etc.✓ Yes
- Linuxv2rayA etc.✓ Yes
- iOSHapp, Streisand, Shadowrocket✓ Yes
- Androidv2rayNG etc.✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVHapp tvOS✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersOpenWrt PassWall, Asuswrt-Merlin XRAYUI✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- Not stated
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Yes community groups
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- GitHub issues/discussions
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- API
- Yes gRPC API; xray-api libs
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- Not stated
What users say
Reviews never change our score. Ratings are smoothed: a source’s average across all VPNs counts as 50 extra reviews, so a few five-star reviews cannot outrank thousands.
No reviews collected for this service.
51 Reddit and forum threads mention Xray-core (Project X) (titles and search snippets only).
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In our rankings
Xray-core (Project X) appears on 7 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core
- Pages checked
- ["https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core"]
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