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XTLS/Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses. — view on GitHub · t.me/projectXray

Language

Go

License

MIT

open source

Created

Nov 2020

Stars

41,693

Forks

5,899

Issues

27 open

Updated 21 Sept 2026, 01:49 UTC

67 /100
SLOWING

tracker score 67/100 methodology →

Computed from release cadence, responsiveness, backlog trend and contributor depth.

Last release

177 days ago

v26.3.27

Cadence

every 47.7d

177d gap

PR merge median

3.0d

Issue response median

2.7h

Commits / 7d

3

Attention vs delivery — is popularity translating into shipping?

The signature question of dependency due diligence. Columns: commits per month (activity). Line: merged pull requests per month (delivery). 12 full months.

attention — commits / month delivery — merged PRs / month stable release

Reading: delivery held at ~31 merged PRs/mo over the last 12 months. No divergence risk — delivery tracks attention.

Responsiveness — vs cohort percentiles

How fast maintainers answer, review and merge — ranked against repos of similar size and age.

Issue first non-author response

median 2.7hcohort: n/a

PR first review

median 2.4hcohort: n/a

PR merge time

median 3.0dcohort: n/a

Bots excluded Sample: 96 merged PRs (90d) / 68 recent issues. Percentile position measured from the left — shorter is faster.

First-contributor funnel — what happens to a newcomer’s PR?

25

first-time PRs (12 mo)

88%

got a response

n=245 scanned

0%

were merged

64 newcomer candidates

24%

returned ≤90d

verified via author history

Verdict: tough room for newcomers — only 88% of verified first-time PRs got a maintainer-class response and 0% merged (window 2026-03-25..2026-06-23). The core team ships fast, but drive-by PRs mostly sit open.

Contributor concentration (12 mo)

top 1 — 23.7% of accepted changes · last commit Sep 13

top 3 — 59.5% of accepted changes

long tail — 46 further authors

Verdict: low key-person risk. 49 human commit authors in 12 months; top author (Fangliding) holds 23.7%, top 3 hold 59.5%, 11 authors above 1% each.

Open-issue backlog

Open issues and pull requests right now. Trend history builds from daily tracking.

open issues & PRs — right now

27

open issues

27

open pull requests

Tracking daily since 25 Aug 2026 — 21 snapshots so far.

54 open

27 issues + 27 PRs · backlog down 27% over 27d

Fork network & successors

5,899 forks · 0 with independent momentum

GFW-knocker/Xray-core — 260★ · last push 2d ago

alive

XTLS/Xray-core is upstream — no successor needed (project active). Top forks by stars are all stale (pushes >1y ago). Successor detection activates if the repo goes dormant.

If this repo goes dormant, this section becomes “Where did development continue?” — with evidence labels per fork.

What changed — last 90d

0 stable releases in 90d (median gap 47.7d)

Issue response sits at a 2.7h median — up from 0.5h 27d ago

License unchanged · not archived · no rename/transfer

Max release gap in 12mo: 54d (cadence 47.7d median)

Frequently asked answered from live data · FAQPage structured data

These answers regenerate on every snapshot — they never rot.

Is Xray-core still maintained?

Partially — activity is slowing (score 67/100). Last stable release v26.3.27 177 days ago, 3 commits in the last full week, median PR merge 3.0d. Evidence collected Mon Sep 21 2026.

What license does Xray-core use?

MPL-2.0 — as reported by GitHub.

When was the last Xray-core release?

v26.3.27, 177 days ago. Median gap between stable releases is 47.7 days; 0 stable releases shipped in the last 90 days — the current 177d gap is well above that median.

Is Xray-core safe to adopt for a new project in 2026?

On the evidence: caution. 49 human authors in 12 months, no fork-succession pressure. Caveat for contributors: the newcomer funnel is weak (0% first-PR merge rate). Not published to npm — GitHub activity only.

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XTLS/Xray-core

SLOWING · 67/100

ships every 47.7d · PR merge 3.0d · ★ 41,693

XTLS/Xray-core — maintenance verdict & repo intelligence · tracker.git.tools

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maintenance slowing · 67
[![maintenance](https://tracker.git.tools/badge/XTLS/Xray-core)](https://tracker.git.tools/XTLS/Xray-core)

Badge states: active · slowing · maintenance-only · dormant — flips automatically; maintainers embed it because it’s honest.

Methodology

Built from the public GitHub API, the npm registry, deps.dev and Hacker News. Known bot accounts are excluded from response and merge metrics. Verdicts are computed from the evidence shown on this page — nothing is scored that you cannot see. Reports refresh daily.