A simple and reliable way to launch Outline VPN (shadowsocks) on Windows with just a double-click.

No heavy, complicated GUI clients or any installations are needed.

• Automatically downloads sslocal.exe on first run (if not present)

• Starts sslocal.exe in the background

• Enables system-wide proxy on 127.0.0.1:1080

• Keeps the proxy active while the window is open

• Auto-cleanup: Disables proxy and terminates sslocal.exe when window is closed

1. Download proxy-v2(.ps1).bat and config.json from this repository
2. Obtain your Outline Access Key — it should look like: ssconf://example.com/en/abc123/xyz456#abc123
3. Edit it to start with https:// instead of ssconf://:
   https://example.com/en/abc123/xyz456#abc123
4. Open the link in your browser — you'll see a VPN config in JSON format
5. Fill the corresponding lines in config.json with info from your browser (the "prefix" field is not needed). Save the file.
6. Run proxy-v2(.ps1).bat (preferably as Administrator)
7. On first run, sslocal.exe will be downloaded automatically (version 1.24.0)

If you prefer to download sslocal.exe manually:

1. Download Shadowsocks-Rust for Windows (MSVC version):
   https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-rust/releases
2. Extract sslocal.exe from the archive
3. Place sslocal.exe, proxy-v2(.ps1).bat and config.json in the same folder
4. Follow steps 2-6 from Option 1

• Auto-downloads sslocal.exe if missing
• Auto-cleanup when window is closed (no manual action needed)
• Instant proxy activation (no browser restart required)
• Validates files before running
• Checks if process started successfully
• Color-coded status messages
• Works with double-click

• Requires manual download of sslocal.exe
• Requires pressing a key to disable proxy
• Basic error handling
• Simple and lightweight

|proxy-folder
├── proxy-v2(.ps1).bat
└── config.json

|proxy-folder
├── proxy-v2(.ps1).bat
├── config.json
└── sslocal.exe (auto-downloaded)

1. Double-click proxy-v2(.ps1).bat
2. Wait for "Proxy enabled" message
3. Browse with VPN active
4. Simply close the window to stop - cleanup is automatic!

"sslocal.exe failed to start"

• Check your config.json for typos
• Verify your Outline Access Key is still valid
• Try running as Administrator

"Failed to download Shadowsocks"

• Check your internet connection
• GitHub may be temporarily unavailable
• Try downloading manually from the releases page

by @pavop02

shadowsocks, shadowsocks-rust, sslocal, vpn, proxy, windows, batch, batch-script, batch-file, vpn-client, script, starter, launcher, powershell, auto-download, auto-cleanup