Veil (OVL1)

A decentralized, censorship-resistant hybrid veil network written in Rust, implementing the OVL1 protocol — sovereign identities, a Kademlia DHT, post-quantum-hybrid crypto, pluggable obfuscated transports, and IP/proxy gateways.

Install

Linux / macOS:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/veilnetwork/veil/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/veilnetwork/veil/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

This installs prebuilt, sha256-verified binaries into ~/.veil/bin (%USERPROFILE%\.veil\bin on Windows) — no Rust toolchain needed.

Want the gateway and proxy tools too? Add --all (or -All on Windows):

curl -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/veilnetwork/veil/main/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- --all

Full guide, options, server setup, and uninstall: docs/en/install.md · in Russian: docs/ru/install.md.

Run a node (60 seconds)

veil-cli config init      # fresh identity + config
veil-cli node run         # start in the background
veil-cli node show        # node id, uptime, peers
veil-cli node stop        # graceful stop

• Client / leaf (default, behind NAT): veil-cli config init --profile mobile
• Server / relay (public listener): veil-cli config init --profile censorship-target --difficulty 24

Tools

Binary	What it does
veil-cli	The node — join, route, DHT, identity, self-update (client or server)
ogate	IP-over-veil TUN bridge (virtual LAN) — see docs/en/ogate.md
oproxy-client / oproxy-server	SOCKS5 / HTTP / TProxy ↔ veil — see docs/en/oproxy.md

Documentation

New to the project? Start with Start here — Veil in plain language (what it is, a glossary of every term, your first ten minutes) · in Russian: Start here.

Then browse docs/en/index.md — user guide, administrator guide, protocol spec, architecture, and security model.

Build from source

Only needed for unsupported platforms (e.g. Intel macOS) or development. The default build links BoringSSL + RocksDB, so a C/C++ toolchain is required:

sudo apt-get install -y cmake golang-go nasm ninja-build build-essential   # Debian/Ubuntu
git clone https://github.com/veilnetwork/veil && cd veil
cargo build --release --features veil-bootstrap/production-seeds

See docs/en/install.md → Build from source and docs/en/developer-guide.md.

Community

• News: @xVeilNet — releases and project updates.
• Discussion: @chat_veilnet — bug reports, questions, suggestions.

Support the project

Donations in crypto:

• Ethereum: 0x5238294aFb8F4e36D7ea091827909E0311879B1A
• Bitcoin: bc1qam33yx29et9krqc8jnnu80qvds8jz32wrwr3ph