You can bring your Shadowrocket servers to Potatso with the same subscription URL, share links or QR codes. Potatso doesn't read Shadowrocket's own rules as they are, so pick a mode or a rule set in Potatso instead.
Bring your subscription
Use the subscription URL your provider gave you, the same one you added to Shadowrocket.
- Copy the subscription URL.
- In Potatso, on Home, tap the + button, then Import via Link/File.
- Paste the URL and tap Continue.
- Check the preview, choose where the import goes, and tap the button at the bottom.
Potatso asks the subscription server for a Clash / Mihomo configuration. If your provider offers one, you get its proxy groups and rules along with the servers, and you can use Rule mode right away. If the server sends a plain list of servers, Potatso imports the servers, and the profile keeps updating from the URL.
See Import subscriptions and configurations for the preview, destinations and automatic updates.
Bring single servers
For a server you added by hand, share it from Shadowrocket as a link or a QR code:
- Link: copy it, then in Potatso tap +, Import via Link/File, paste it and tap Continue. You can paste several links at once.
- QR code: in Potatso, tap +, then Scan QR Code. To scan a QR code saved as a picture, tap the photo button in the corner of the scanner.
You can also enter a server by hand with +, then Add Proxy. See Getting started.
Potatso supports Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, Trojan, VLESS, VMess, HTTP and HTTPS, SOCKS5, Hysteria 2, AnyTLS and Snell. The import preview lists any server it can't import, with the reason.
Rules
A Shadowrocket configuration file uses the same sections as a Surge profile, such as [General] and [Rule], so Potatso reads it as a Surge profile. Its rules usually send traffic to PROXY, the server selected in Shadowrocket. Potatso has no policy by that name, so it skips those rules and lists them under Compatibility Issues in the preview. Rules that go to DIRECT or REJECT are imported.
Instead of bringing the configuration file, choose one of these in Potatso:
- Smart mode sends sites in your region direct and everything else through your server, with no rules to write. It needs Potatso Pro. See Outbound modes.
- Rule mode with your provider's Clash / Mihomo configuration, or with rules and rule sets you add. See Rules and rule sets.
- Global mode sends everything through your server.
What carries over
| From Shadowrocket | In Potatso |
|---|---|
| Subscription URLs | ✅ Import the URL. It keeps updating. |
| Share links and QR codes | ✅ |
| Servers with a supported protocol | ✅ See Protocols. |
Rules that use DIRECT or REJECT |
✅ From a configuration file |
Rules that use PROXY |
❌ Skipped. Use a mode or a Clash / Mihomo configuration instead. |
| HTTPS decryption (MitM), URL rewrites, scripts | ❌ Potatso has none of these. |
[Host] entries |
❌ Not imported |
After you import
- Choose an outbound mode on Home. See Outbound modes.
- Turn on the switch on the status card to connect. The first time, iOS asks to add Potatso's VPN configuration: tap Allow.
Disconnect Shadowrocket before you connect Potatso.