A Shadowsocks plugin to enhance censorship circumvention
About this app
A Cloak plugin for Shadowsocks.
Cloak is a universal pluggable transport that cryptographically obfuscates proxy traffic as legitimate HTTPS traffic, disguises the proxy server as a normal web server, multiplexes traffic through a fixed amount of TCP connections and provides multi-user usage control.
Cloak works fundamentally by masquerading proxy traffic as normal web browsing traffic. This increases the collateral damage to censorship actions and therefore make it very difficult, if not impossible, for censors to selectively block censorship evasion tools and proxy servers without affecting services that the state may also heavily rely on.
Details on how Cloak works can be found here.
Shadowsocks-android is required, as well as a Cloak-compatible proxy server.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, by Andy Wang.
What's New in v2.12.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Aug 10, 2025 · 14.1 MB · Android API 21–34 · code 23
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 968c3c0b9d07795e22ac5dbc0b24da88dfdd1de0fc3fec643f30173098c1e696
Jul 15, 2024 · 14.1 MB · Android API 21–34 · code 22
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 29f56d90f20019a674065181a4cefe9d0ca5e31b89790cd44884c981d4fbb67c
Will it run on your device?
87%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
Before you install anything, confirm the file is the one described here. On a computer, run shasum -a 256 your-download.apk (macOS or Linux) or certutil -hashfile your-download.apk SHA256 (Windows), then compare the output character-for-character with the SHA-256 on this page. If a single character differs, the file is not the build we recorded — delete it.
What the signing certificate proves
Every Android app is signed with a private key that only its developer holds. The fingerprint on this page is a hash of the matching public certificate, and it proves continuity rather than identity: it tells you a build came from whoever signed the earlier ones. Android enforces this at install time — if a package claiming to be com.github.shadowsocks.plugin.ck_client is signed with a different key, the system will refuse to install it over your existing copy. A fingerprint that changes between releases is worth pausing on, because a repackaged app that has been modified by someone else cannot keep the original signature.
How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 2.9.0 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Cloak first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
Why we list sources instead of hosting everything
The official store channel is almost always the right choice: it updates automatically and carries the publisher's own distribution guarantees. A direct APK is useful when a device has no store access, when a rollout has not reached your region, or when you need a specific version — and only when the publisher has authorized that copy. APKBrowse does not list pirated, cracked, or unauthorized rebuilds of Cloak, and a listing is removed when the evidence for it stops holding up.
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Other sources
F-Droid listing
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Source code
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App Information
Security Verification
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SHA-256 Hash
968c3c0b9d07795e22ac5dbc0b24da88dfdd1de0fc3fec643f30173098c1e696
Signing certificate
670a8d4d3da302886858770e8067f5b381237274132f917e7822bd6914700f24
Previous Versions
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