Build from source

⚠️ Requirements

sing-box 1.10

• Go 1.20.0 - ~
• Go 1.20.0 - ~ with tag with_quic, or with_utls enabled
• Go 1.21.0 - ~ with tag with_ech enabled

sing-box 1.9

• Go 1.18.5 - 1.22.x
• Go 1.20.0 - 1.22.x with tag with_quic, or with_utls enabled
• Go 1.21.0 - 1.22.x with tag with_ech enabled

You can download and install Go from: https://go.dev/doc/install, latest version is recommended.

⏩ Simple Build

make

Or build and install binary to $GOBIN:

make install

⚙️ Custom Build

TAGS="tag_a tag_b" make

or

go build -tags "tag_a tag_b" ./cmd/sing-box

📌 Build Tags

Build Tag	Enabled by default	Description
with_quic	✅	Build with QUIC support, see QUIC and HTTP3 DNS transports, Naive inbound, Hysteria Inbound, Hysteria Outbound and V2Ray Transport#QUIC.
with_grpc	❌️	Build with standard gRPC support, see V2Ray Transport#gRPC.
with_dhcp	✅	Build with DHCP support, see DHCP DNS transport.
with_wireguard	✅	Build with WireGuard support, see WireGuard outbound.
with_ech	✅	Build with TLS ECH extension support for TLS outbound, see TLS.
with_utls	✅	Build with uTLS support for TLS outbound, see TLS.
with_reality_server	✅	Build with reality TLS server support, see TLS.
with_acme	✅	Build with ACME TLS certificate issuer support, see TLS.
with_clash_api	✅	Build with Clash API support, see Experimental.
with_v2ray_api	❌️	Build with V2Ray API support, see Experimental.
with_gvisor	✅	Build with gVisor support, see Tun inbound and WireGuard outbound.
with_embedded_tor (CGO required)	❌️	Build with embedded Tor support, see Tor outbound.

It is not recommended to change the default build tag list unless you really know what you are adding.