Free Nodes
Where free proxy nodes and subscriptions come from, how to filter the usable ones out of a hundred, and how long they actually last. With lifespan data.
- Free proxy nodes: where to get them and how to test themThe four real sources for free nodes and subscriptions, a fifteen-minute filter that separates the usable from the dead, and six months of lifespan data from 47 tracked nodes.2026-08-27
- Free subscription links: four sources, and how to vet oneFour sources for free subscription URLs ranked by reliability, the User-Agent quirk that makes a working link look broken, and three checks to run before you paste anything into a client.2026-08-26
- Free Clash nodes: importing them and what to check afterGetting free nodes and subscriptions into a Clash-family client, what the YAML looks like, why the list sometimes comes up empty, and why rule mode matters more than people think.2026-08-25
- How to test a free node properly: four stepsThe latency number in your client answers one small question. This is the full filter: latency, real throughput, packet loss and a peak-hour retest, with the cutoffs I use.2026-08-27
- Is using free nodes safe? The risk, in four layersWhat the node operator can and cannot see, what HTTPS actually protects, the one layer where the real danger lives, and a practical setup that keeps the risk acceptable.2026-08-27
- Free V2Ray nodes: decode a vmess link before testing itWhat is inside a vmess:// link, how to decode it in one command, which field combinations are worth trying and which are dead on arrival, and why vmess is no longer the first choice.2026-08-23