Perhaps the most intriguing feature of Nekoray is its "Routing Settings" editor. In most clients, routing is a series of checkboxes: "Bypass LAN," "Bypass China." In Nekoray, routing is a fully programmable rule set where you can specify domains, IP CIDRs, process names, and even GeoIP databases. Want your browser to go through a Hong Kong server while your torrent client bypasses the proxy entirely and your gaming traffic routes through a WireGuard tunnel? Nekoray handles this without requiring a single line of JSON.

Nekoray’s interface is often described as "spartan," but that is a misreading. It is minimalist in the way a cockpit is minimalist. Built on the Qt framework, it eschews the skeuomorphic gloss of commercial VPNs for a stark, tabbed layout that prioritizes information density. The "Group" and "Node" system is its killer feature. Where other clients force you to toggle between single servers, Nekoray allows you to group proxies by region, protocol, or latency, then apply routing rules at a granular level.

It is "portable," so just extract the ZIP folder and run nekoray.exe (Windows) or the AppImage (Linux) .

: For those in restricted areas, searching for the best VPNs for Iran can provide insights into which specific NekoRay configurations are currently the most stable.

: Select the added profile and press Enter or right-click and select Start . 🛠️ Key Modes & Settings

: The official releases are hosted on GitHub under the MatsuriDayo repository.