Brook

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v20181212

• Uninstall/Delete the old client on MacOS or Windows
• On MacOS, you need to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy, click Open Anyway, when you open Brook
• No longer support the snap package

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Table of Contents

• What is Brook
• Download
• Packages
• Server
• Client (CLI)
• Client (GUI)
• Tunnel
• Tproxy
• VPN
• Relay
• Socks5
• Socks5 to HTTP
• Shadowsocks
• Contributing
• License

What is Brook

Brook is a cross-platform proxy/vpn software.
Brook's goal is to keep it simple, stupid and not detectable.

Download

Download	Server/Client	OS	Arch	Remark
brook	Server & Client	Linux	amd64	CLI
brook_linux_386	Server & Client	Linux	386	CLI
brook_linux_arm64	Server & Client	Linux	arm64	CLI
brook_linux_arm5	Server & Client	Linux	arm5	CLI
brook_linux_arm6	Server & Client	Linux	arm6	CLI
brook_linux_arm7	Server & Client	Linux	arm7	CLI
brook_linux_mips	Server & Client	Linux	mips	CLI
brook_linux_mipsle	Server & Client	Linux	mipsle	CLI
brook_linux_mips64	Server & Client	Linux	mips64	CLI
brook_linux_mips64le	Server & Client	Linux	mips64le	CLI
brook_linux_ppc64	Server & Client	Linux	ppc64	CLI
brook_linux_ppc64le	Server & Client	Linux	ppc64le	CLI
brook_darwin_amd64	Server & Client	MacOS	amd64	CLI
brook_windows_amd64.exe	Server & Client	Windows	amd64	CLI
brook_windows_386.exe	Server & Client	Windows	386	CLI
Brook.dmg	Client	MacOS	amd64	GUI
Brook.exe	Client	Windows	amd64	GUI
App Store	Client	iOS	-	GUI
Brook.apk(No Google Play)	Client	Android	-	GUI

See wiki for more tutorials

Packages

ArchLinux

sudo pacman -S brook

MacOS(GUI)

brew cask install brook

Brook

NAME:
   Brook - A Cross-Platform Proxy/VPN Software

USAGE:
   brook [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   20181212

AUTHOR:
   Cloud <[email protected]>

COMMANDS:
     server        Run as server mode
     servers       Run as multiple servers mode
     client        Run as client mode
     tunnel        Run as tunnel mode on client-side
     tproxy        Run as tproxy mode on client-side, transparent proxy, only works on Linux
     vpn           Run as VPN mode on client-side
     ssserver      Run as shadowsocks server mode, fixed method is aes-256-cfb
     ssservers     Run as shadowsocks multiple servers mode, fixed method is aes-256-cfb
     ssclient      Run as shadowsocks client mode, fixed method is aes-256-cfb
     socks5        Run as raw socks5 server
     relay         Run as relay mode
     relays        Run as multiple relays mode
     qr            Print brook server QR code
     socks5tohttp  Convert socks5 to http proxy
     systemproxy   Set system proxy with pac url, or remove, only works on MacOS/Windows
     help, h       Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug, -d               Enable debug
   --listen value, -l value  Listen address for debug (default: ":6060")
   --help, -h                show help
   --version, -v             print the version

Server

# Run as a brook server
$ brook server -l :9999 -p password

# Run as multiple brook servers
$ brook servers -l ":9999 password" -l ":8888 password"

If you run a public/shared server, do not forget this parameter --tcpDeadline

Client (CLI)

# Run as brook client, start a socks5 proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
$ brook client -l 127.0.0.1:1080 -i 127.0.0.1 -s server_address:port -p password

# Run as brook client, start a http(s) proxy http(s)://127.0.0.1:8080
$ brook client -l 127.0.0.1:8080 -i 127.0.0.1 -s server_address:port -p password --http

Client (GUI)

See wiki

Tunnel

# Run as tunnel 127.0.0.1:5 to 1.2.3.4:5
$ brook tunnel -l 127.0.0.1:5 -t 1.2.3.4:5 -s server_address:port -p password

Tproxy (usually used on Linux router box)

See wiki

VPN

# Run as VPN to proxy all TCP/UDP. [ROOT privileges required].
$ sudo brook vpn -l 127.0.0.1:1080 -s server_address:port -p password

See wiki for more tutorials

Relay

# Run as relay to 1.2.3.4:5
$ brook relay -l :5 -r 1.2.3.4:5

Socks5

# Run as a raw socks5 server 1.2.3.4:1080
$ brook socks5 -l :1080 -i 1.2.3.4

Socks5 to HTTP

# Convert socks5://127.0.0.1:1080 to http(s)://127.0.0.1:8080 proxy
$ brook socks5tohttp -l 127.0.0.1:8080 -s 127.0.0.1:1080

Shadowsocks

# Run as a shadowsocks server
$ brook ssserver -l :9999 -p password

# Run as multiple shadowsocks servers
$ brook ssservers -l ":9999 password" -l ":8888 password"

If you run a public/shared server, do not forget this parameter --tcpDeadline

# Run as shadowsocks client, start a socks5 proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
$ brook ssclient -l 127.0.0.1:1080 -i 127.0.0.1 -s server_address:port -p password

# Run as shadowsocks client, start a http(s) proxy http(s)://127.0.0.1:8080
$ brook ssclient -l 127.0.0.1:8080 -i 127.0.0.1 -s server_address:port -p password --http

Fixed method is aes-256-cfb

See wiki for more tutorials

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first

License

Licensed under The GPLv3 License