Shadowrocket
Shadowrocket is a proxy utility application for iOS published by Shadow Launch Technology Limited, which is typically used to circumvent the Great Firewall of China.[1] Due to its icon, it is nicknamed Xiaohuojian (小火箭; 'little rocket').[2]
Features
[edit ]In terms of protocols, Shadowrocket supports Shadowsocks and ShadowsocksR.[3] For routing, it provides configuration mode, proxy mode, direct connection mode, and scene mode.[4]
Incidents
[edit ]At the end of July 2017, Apple Inc. removed [zh] dozens of VPN apps, including Shadowrocket, from its App Store in mainland China.[5] [6]
On July 28, 2020, the police of Jinshi City, Changde, Hunan Province announced via their WeChat public account that police had discovered a resident, surnamed Chen, had been using Shadowrocket to "access overseas networks and browse foreign pornographic websites" since February 2019.[7] Chen's behavior was identified as "establishing an illegal channel for international networking," for which he received a formal warning.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
In December 2021, police in Jinfeng District, Yinchuan discovered a person using their phone to register for and use Gmail via Shadowrocket, issuing a warning and a fine.[13]
Reception
[edit ]The Central News Agency of Taiwan reported that Shadowrocket is known as a "fanqiang artifact".[14] Hong-Kong-based NewMobileLife commented that as the most popular Shadowsocks client on the iOS platform, Shadowrocket is faster than its free counterpart Wingy.[4]
Shadowrocket was the second-most-popular paid iPhone application in the United States App Store in 2023, second only to Procreate;[15] it was also the top-paid iPhone application in the Hong Kong App Store in 2020,[16] and in Taiwan in 2023[17] and 2024.[14] [18]
References
[edit ]- ^ "苹果之后轮到淘宝,中国再出手打压VPN". 美国之音 (in Chinese). 2017年08月18日. Retrieved 2025年07月28日.
- ^ 解放軍反翻牆片「詳列翻牆工具」 網友笑酸:不會的都學會了 [People's Liberation Army’s Anti-Firewall Video ‘Lists Circumvention Tools in Detail’; Netizens Mock: Learned Everything I Didn’t Know]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024年03月11日. Retrieved 2025年07月28日.
- ^ "大陸翻牆新秘技教學 無VPN照上Facebook ShadowsocksR全攻略(iOS篇) - unwire.hk 香港" [New Secret Technique for Climbing the Wall in Mainland China: Access Facebook without a VPN, a Complete Guide to ShadowsocksR (iOS篇) - unwire.hk Hong Kong]. unwire.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2017年08月07日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ a b "【專題】破解中國 VPN 翻牆封鎖 新型 VPN 工具 Shadowsocks 教學 - 流動日報" [【Special Report】Breaking China's VPN Blockade: A Tutorial for the New VPN Tool Shadowsocks - NewMobileLife]. 2017年08月07日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "苹果中国 App Store 下架了越来越多的网络访问工具" [Apple's China App Store has removed an increasing number of network access tools]. 好奇心日报 . 2017年07月30日. Archived from the original on 2017年08月01日. Retrieved 2017年08月01日.
- ^ "苹果中国大陸公司Apple Store开始下架VPN应用" [Apple's mainland China company Apple Store begins removing VPN applications]. Radio France Internationale (in Chinese (China)). 2017年07月30日. Archived from the original on 2019年06月28日. Retrieved 2017年08月01日.
- ^ "Man Punished by Police for Using a VPN to Watch Porn". South China Morning Post . 2020年07月30日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ 【净网2020】常德首例!一男子通过VPN"翻墙"访问境外网站,被行政处罚! [【Cyber Clean Action 2020】First Case in Changde! A Man Was Administratively Punished for Using a VPN to "Climb the Wall" to Access Foreign Websites!] (in Chinese (China)). Jinshi Police (WeChat public account). Archived from the original on 2020年07月28日. Retrieved 2020年07月28日.
- ^ Jinshi Police, Wang Jianliang. "常德一男子通过"翻墙"软件访问境外色情网站,被行政处罚" [A Man in Changde Was Administratively Punished for Accessing Foreign Pornographic Websites Through "Wall-climbing" Software] (in Chinese (China)). The Paper (originally published on WeChat public account "Jinshi Police"). Archived from the original on 2020年11月04日. Retrieved 2020年07月29日.
- ^ "男子通过VPN"翻墙"访问境外色情网站 被行政处罚" [Man Administratively Punished for Using VPN "Wall-climbing" to Access Foreign Pornographic Websites]. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "就跟你說別亂「翻」了 大陸男子翻牆看謎片遭逮" [Told You Not to "Climb" Randomly; Mainland Man Caught Fānqiáng to Watch Porn]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2020年07月30日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "中國男「翻牆看A網」遭查獲 當地公安開鍘了!" [Chinese Man Caught "Climbing the Wall to Watch Porn Sites"; Local Police Crack Down!]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2020年07月29日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "银川两男子"翻墙"访问境外网站浏览色情内容,被行政处罚" [Two Men in Yinchuan Administratively Punished for "Climbing the Wall" to Access Foreign Websites and View Pornographic Content]. The Paper. 2021年12月09日. Archived from the original on 2021年12月10日. Retrieved 2021年12月10日.
- ^ a b 中央通訊社 (2024年12月17日). "App Store台灣年度榜單 Threads登免費程式榜首" [App Store Taiwan's Annual List: Threads Tops the Free Apps Chart]. Central News Agency CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ Stephen Warwick (2023年12月12日). "Apple reveals the most popular iPhone games and apps of 2023, is your favorite on the list?". iMore. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ 香港經濟日報HKET. "蘋果公布香港今年度熱門免費 App 排行 「yuu」跑贏奪冠、「Telegram」跌出十大" [Apple Announces Hong Kong's Top Free App Rankings This Year: "yuu" Takes the Crown, "Telegram" Drops Out of Top Ten]. Hong Kong Economic Times HKET (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "台灣iPhone用戶「2023熱門App」出爐 免費首選是「它」!" [Taiwan iPhone Users' "2023 Popular Apps" Revealed, the Top Free Choice is "It"!]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2023年12月14日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
- ^ "蘋果2024 App Store下載排行 它上線1年擊敗ChatGPT奪冠" [Apple's 2024 App Store Download Rankings: It Beat ChatGPT to Take the Crown One Year After Launch]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024年12月17日. Retrieved 2025年07月15日.
