Nova

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Open-source Android networking client with VPN and proxy connections, imported profiles, split tunneling, custom DNS, and local gateway sharing. The updated Nova Engine adds support for protocols including Shadowsocks, VLESS Reality, Hysteria, and WireGuard.

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🌌 Nova — Adaptive Multi-Path Android Connectivity Client

Nova is a free and open-source Android networking client designed around multiple independent connection paths. Instead of relying on a single tunnel technology, Nova combines Cloudflare WARP over AmneziaWG, MASQUE over QUIC, Opera VPN endpoints, Proton VPN profiles, and user-imported VLESS configurations.

The application works without subscriptions, advertising, or telemetry and includes built-in connection profiles, while also allowing users to add their own configurations.

🚀 Multiple Connection Paths

Nova includes several built-in connectivity options:

• Cloudflare WARP over AmneziaWG • MASQUE over QUIC • Opera VPN endpoints in Europe and North America • Proton VPN free nodes

When automatic mode is used, Nova can move between supported built-in paths when a connection becomes unavailable. Users can also select a transport or region manually.

🔗 Import Your Own Configurations

Nova supports importing:

• AmneziaWG profiles • "vless://" links • VLESS with REALITY • XHTTP • WebSocket • gRPC • HTTP Upgrade

Subscriptions can be imported as URL lists, Base64 data, or lists containing metadata in headers.

Imported configurations remain separate from the built-in connection pool, allowing users to choose between the application's built-in routes and their own profiles.

🔀 Split Tunneling & DNS

Nova provides per-application routing rules for split tunneling, allowing selected apps to use the tunnel while others remain outside it.

DNS can also be configured independently, including:

• Standard DNS • DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) • DNS-over-TLS (DoT) • Per-application DNS rules

📡 Gateway Sharing

An Android device running Nova can act as a network gateway for other devices without requiring root access.

Supported clients can connect through HTTP, HTTPS CONNECT, or SOCKS5 on the phone's shared-network interface. This can allow devices such as laptops, TVs, game consoles, and other phones to use the connection.

The gateway currently handles TCP traffic; UDP traffic and some DNS traffic can remain outside this path.

⚡ Connection Verification & Recovery

Nova checks whether a tunnel is actually usable rather than relying only on the Android VPN connection state.

It also handles network changes such as:

• Wi-Fi to mobile-data switching • Temporary signal loss • Hotspot changes • Tunnel recreation and automatic reconnection

This helps maintain connectivity when the underlying Android network changes.

🧩 Modern Networking Core

The project combines several networking components:

• AmneziaWG • MASQUE • Xray-core for VLESS/REALITY • DNS interception and routing • tun2proxy for supported proxy-based traffic

Large subscription lists are processed in a streaming manner to reduce memory usage, with duplicate configurations filtered during import.

🔐 Privacy & Open Source

Nova is released under the GNU GPL-3.0 license. The project states that it does not collect telemetry or transmit usage statistics, and saved log addresses are anonymized.

Nova does not operate its own VPN infrastructure. Built-in routes connect directly to third-party services such as Cloudflare WARP, Opera VPN, and Proton VPN, while imported profiles depend on the user's chosen configuration.

📱 Compatibility

Nova supports Android 7.0 and newer, including phones, tablets, and Android TV devices. Android TV navigation is supported with a remote control.

✨ Nova combines multiple independent tunnel technologies, automatic route selection, VLESS/REALITY support, split tunneling, custom DNS, and gateway sharing into one flexible Android connectivity client.

What's new

v1.34Nov 9, 2026
  • What’s New
  • New "Nova" chip: Includes a built-in "Nova" list—the same one used in Nova PC. The list is updated every 12 hours and includes mirrors. • Nova Engine (Mihomo): Supports Shadowsocks, VLESS Reality, VMess, Trojan, Hysteria, AnyTLS, and WireGuard from the list. • Profile List: Displays the index, protocol, address, and ping. The ping is calculated via an actual HTTPS request through the node; inactive nodes are automatically skipped. • On-the-fly switching: Use the ">" icon or tap on a row to switch nodes without disconnecting the VPN. • DNS-AI: Attempts direct resolution first (using obfuscation via fragmented ClientHello); if that fails, it falls back to using the VPN. IPv6 server addresses are prioritized. • Xbox DNS removed: The service is no longer functional. • Relay Mode: Allows sharing the connection over a local network without running a VPN on the device itself. Client traffic is routed through another VPN app on the phone, or sent directly if no such app is active. • Tooltips (via "i" icons): Explanations for settings—such as DNS, SNI masking, MTU, background operation, notifications, themes, and connection sharing—can now be accessed by tapping the "i" icon, helping to keep the settings screens more compact. • Localization: New screens and messages have been translated into English.
  • Please provide feedback in the official group: t.me/nova_txt

About this version

Version
1.34 (165)
Size
94.03 MB
Requires Android
7.0
Target SDK
24
Architecture
arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a
Downloads
105
Updated
Nov 9, 2026
Package
com.brent.nova
Languages1
English

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