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+## Shadowsocks Bootstrap
+
+> A simple program to make the original shadowsocks support SIP003 plugins.
+
+### Quick Start
+
+As we all know, the [original shadowsocks](https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks) is written in python, this version does not support [SIP003](https://shadowsocks.org/en/wiki/Plugin.html) plugin, and [shadowsocks-libev](https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev) or [shadowsocks-rust](https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-rust) which support plugin lack some encryption methods (although they are insecure), so making the original shadowsocks support SIP003 plugin will be able to get better compatibility.
+
+The SIP003 plugin runs as a subroutine. In shadowsocks-bootstrap, both the shadowsocks program and the plugin will be executed as subroutines to assign ports and manage them.
+
+You can use shadowsocks-bootstrap just like shadowsocks, the only difference is the extra `--plugin` and `--plugin-opts` options. In addition, it will use `sslocal` or `ssserver` as shadowsocks program by default, if necessary you should specify a custom filename with `--shadowsocks` option.
+
+```
+A simple program to make the original shadowsocks support SIP003 plugins.
+
+-s <server_host>             Host name or IP address of your remote server.
+-p <server_port>             Port number of your remote server.
+-b <local_address>           Local address to bind.
+-l <local_port>              Port number of your local server.
+-c <config_file>             Path to JSON config file.
+-k <password>                Password of your remote server.
+-m <method>                  Encrypt method.
+-t <timeout>                 Socket timeout in seconds.
+--fast-open                  Enable TCP fast open (with Linux kernel 3.7+).
+--plugin <name>              Enable SIP003 plugin.
+--plugin-opts <options>      Set SIP003 plugin options.
+--shadowsocks <shadowsocks>  Set shadowsocks local or server program.
+-h, --help                   Print this message.
+```
+
+You can also run via a JSON config file:
+
+```
+{
+    "server": "...",
+    "server_port": 8388,
+    "local_address": "127.0.0.1",
+    "local_port": 1080,
+    "password": "...",
+    "timeout": 300,
+    "method": "aes-256-cfb",
+    "fast_open": false,
+    "plugin": "...",
+    "plugin_opts": "...",
+    "shadowsocks": "...",
+    "extra_opts": "..."
+}
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+shell> ss-bootstrap-server -s 0.0.0.0 -p 12345 -k dnomd343 -m aes-256-ctr --shadowsocks ss-python-server --plugin obfs-server --plugin-opts "obfs=http"
+shell> ss-bootstrap-local -s 127.0.0.1 -p 12345 -b 0.0.0.0 -l 1080 -k dnomd343 -m aes-256-ctr --shadowsocks ss-python-local --plugin obfs-local --plugin-opts "obfs=http;obfs-host=www.bing.com"
+```
+
+### Compile
+
+You need to install `gcc` , `make` and `cmake` at first, and also need the `glib2.0` development environment.
+
+Example on Alpine:
+
+```bash
+apk add build-base make cmake git glib-dev
+git clone https://github.com/dnomd343/shadowsocks-bootstrap.git
+cd shadowsocks-bootstrap/
+mkdir build && cd build/
+cmake .. && make
+mv ../bin/* /usr/bin/
+```
+
+### License
+
+MIT ©2022 [@dnomd343](https://github.com/dnomd343)