How to use VLESS key: which app will open it

One app opens this link and the others answer with an error; here is the reasoning, by criterion

The app that suits the link is Happ

Short version: if you hold the link from the Canting bot and wonder how to use a VLESS key like it, choose Happ. The criterion is a device ID. Each subscription is limited to 5 devices, and the server can only count devices when the app reports an ID. Happ does; v2rayNG, Hiddify, Streisand and Clash do not, so they show one line, "App not supported", in place of the server list. Shadowrocket on iPhone behaves the same way unless you switch the ID option on by hand.

This page is about choosing; setting up is on the Happ pages of this section.

Criteria that decide it

  • Does the app send a device ID? With this subscription that is the first filter, and it removes most of the names guides list.
  • Is it on your platform? Happ is published for Android, iPhone, Windows and macOS.
  • Does it come from a source you can check? The developer's store page or project page, not a forwarded file.
  • Will it hold the connection in the background on your phone? That depends more on the phone's battery rules than on the app.
  • Is it free? Happ costs nothing; you pay only for a plan, in the bot, in cryptocurrency, after the 10-day trial.

Where other clients do better

Other clients are good programs, and for a plain VLESS link without a device limit they work well. That is a real point in their favour: they offer more settings and more protocols, and some people prefer exactly that. With this subscription, though, their extra options do not matter, because they cannot open the link. If you already use one daily and love it, keep it for other links and add Happ only for ours.

The opposite concession is ours. We cannot promise that Happ shows every routing rule, and someone who likes to tune each one may find it too plain; look at its screens before you commit.

A conflict of interest, plainly

The plan behind the key is what Canting earns from, and the device limit is our design as much as a technical fact. Read the reasoning above as our reasoning, then check it by trying: a link pasted into a client that shows "App not supported" costs you a minute and tells you the answer without trusting any page.

What the detail pages cover

Under this section sit separate pages on the protocol, OpenVPN downloads, v2rayNG, sing-box, V2Ray, Clash Verge, Shadowrocket, V2Box, why Hiddify answers "App not supported", Happ on Android, and a general "VPN not working" check. Each one takes a single app or question. Rules about tunnels differ by country and by network, and answering to local law and to the owner of the Wi-Fi you use remains your job, not the app's.

Questions

What does a VLESS key hold inside?

A key is a text address that holds the server details and your personal ID. Given to an app that understands it, the key becomes a list of servers. Treat it as private, since anyone with the text can try to use it, up to the 5-device limit.

Can I put the link into two apps on one phone?

Only Happ will open it, so there is nothing to put in a second one. Having a second VPN app installed is harmless, but only one app can hold Android's connection at a time.

What counts toward the 5 devices?

Each device that Happ reports with its own ID: a phone, a tablet, a laptop, a TV box. Beyond five at once the subscription is full, so keep the spare phone in the drawer in mind when counting.

Do I need a different link for each device?

No, one subscription link serves all of your devices up to the limit. Keep the message with the link in a chat with yourself, so that each new device takes the same text.

Is the link still valid if I switch apps?

The link stays valid, but only Happ can read it, so switching away from Happ means switching away from your server list. If you uninstall Happ, reinstall it and add the same link.

Take the link and try it on your own phone

The trial needs no sign-up. Should the link not work well on your connection, you have lost nothing.