Saman Tunnel

🚀 Saman Tunnel — Aether-Powered Local Tunnel (Best lightweight Aether powered local VPN app ever)

Saman Tunnel is an open-source Android frontend for Aether Core, designed to provide modern tunnel technologies through local SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxies.

Unlike conventional Android VPN applications, Saman Tunnel does not create a device-wide VPN by itself. Instead, it runs Aether Core in an isolated application process and exposes local proxy endpoints that compatible applications can use.

⚡ Multiple Tunnel Modes

Saman Tunnel supports several Aether connection modes:

• MASQUE over HTTP/3 (QUIC) • MASQUE over HTTP/2 • WireGuard • GOOL

Each mode can be started independently, allowing users to choose the technology that best fits their setup.

🧠 Smart Reconnect

The patched Aether Core includes Smart Reconnect functionality. Previously validated WireGuard, MASQUE and GOOL paths can be reused when suitable, while unstable or unsuitable paths can trigger a fresh connection scan.

This helps simplify reconnecting when network conditions change.

🔌 Local Proxy Endpoints

Once connected, Saman Tunnel provides local endpoints for compatible applications:

• SOCKS5 — 127.0.0.1:1819 • HTTP CONNECT — 127.0.0.1:1820

This makes it possible to use the tunnel with applications that support local proxy configuration.

📱 Native Android Architecture

The Android application runs Aether Core inside an isolated process and uses a foreground service to manage the connection lifecycle. Connection states such as Starting, Connecting, Connected, Degraded and Failed are displayed by the application.

Saman Tunnel requires no root access.

🩺 Connection Health & Diagnostics

Built-in health checks continuously monitor the local proxy connection. The project also provides sanitized diagnostic reports and bounded logs to help users inspect connection status and troubleshoot problems.

🔐 Privacy-Conscious Diagnostics

Diagnostic reports are designed to redact sensitive information such as authorization headers, cookies, tokens, passwords, API keys, private keys, credential-bearing URLs and selected device identifiers before reports are generated.

🛠️ Termux Integration

The project also includes a centralized Saman toolkit for Termux. The "saman" command can control Aether modes, check status, run diagnostics, test connections and manage the Aether runtime.

Supported commands include:

• Status & health checks • Start / stop / restart • Connection testing • Safe diagnostics • Full diagnostics • Mode switching

🌐 Aether Core

Saman Tunnel uses a pinned and patched version of Aether Core, with project-specific improvements for Smart Reconnect and local listener management.

🎯 Designed for Flexible Proxy Use

Saman Tunnel is particularly useful when you want to run an Aether-based tunnel locally and let selected proxy-aware applications use it, rather than routing the entire Android device through a system VPN.

🔒 Open Source

Saman Tunnel is released under the GNU AGPL-3.0 license, with its source code publicly available for inspection and community development.

📱 Android Support

The current Android application supports Android 7.0 (API 24) and newer, with compatibility for modern Android versions including Android 15.

✨ Key Features

• Aether Core integration • MASQUE H3 / QUIC • MASQUE H2 • WireGuard • GOOL • Smart Reconnect • Local SOCKS5 proxy • HTTP CONNECT proxy • Connection health monitoring • Sanitized diagnostics • Bounded logging • Termux integration • No root required • Open-source AGPL-3.0

⚠️ Important

Saman Tunnel is an independent derivative project and is not the official Aether application. It provides local proxies rather than an Android-wide VPN tunnel.

🚀 Saman Tunnel combines Aether's modern networking capabilities with a practical local-proxy architecture, giving advanced users a flexible way to run and manage MASQUE, WireGuard and GOOL connections on Android.