Zero-cost proxy solution: Building a VLESS node using Cloudflare Workers

Running paid VPS like DMIT for proxy nodes is stable but costly. What many don’t know is that Cloudflare Workers comes with 100,000 free requests daily—enough to run a completely free VLESS node as a backup or alternative. It’s worth deploying one for everyone. This guide uses the open-source project edgetunnel, deployable in under 10 minutes. Overview Cloudflare Workers is a JavaScript runtime at CF’s edge nodes. edgetunnel implements the VLESS protocol in a Worker, routing traffic through CF’s CDN network to bypass direct IP identification. ...

2026-04-10 · 4 min · 833 words · Panshi

Xray VLESS+XTLS Deployment Guide: The strongest proxy protocol against censorship

Xray’s VLESS+XTLS-Reality is widely recognized as the most robust protocol combination for anti-censorship. Its core principle is disguising traffic as a normal TLS handshake, making it difficult for the GFW to identify proxy traffic through signature detection. This guide walks you through deploying a fully functional setup from scratch. Prerequisites An overseas VPS (I recommend DMIT Hong Kong or US nodes for excellent routing quality) VPS OS: Ubuntu 22.04+ Local client: mihomo (formerly Clash Meta) Server Deployment Install Xray bash -c "$(curl -L https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-install/raw/main/install-release.sh)" @ install Generate XTLS-Reality Keys xray x25519 Output: ...

2026-04-08 · 3 min · 469 words · Panshi