# SocksTun (open-source privacy app)

> SocksTun is a free, open-source privacy app for Android. A simple and lightweight VPN over socks5 proxy (tun2socks). It has 742 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

A simple and lightweight VPN over socks5 proxy for Android. It is based on a high-performance and low-overhead tun2socks. Features Redirect TCP connections. Redirect UDP packets. (Fullcone NAT, UDP in UDP/TCP) Simple username/password authentication. Specifying DNS addresses. IPv4/IPv6 dual stack. Global/per-App modes.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/heiher/sockstun |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 742 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/hev.sockstun/ (package hev.sockstun) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Privacy, ad-blocking & VPN |
| Latest release | 8.0 (Jul 18, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 1, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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