Quick Start

Overview

The quickest safe path is to choose a client for your operating system, import a provider subscription URL, update the profile, select a proxy group and use Rule mode for daily routing.

First run checklist

1. Download a maintained client for your platform.
2. Copy the subscription URL from the Changlian provider dashboard.
3. Import it as a remote profile and update it.
4. Select a node or proxy group.
5. Enable system proxy, VPN mode or TUN only as needed.

Recommended defaults

Use Rule mode first. Keep DNS settings unchanged until basic connectivity works. Avoid editing YAML manually before you understand the profile structure.

Next steps

After the first successful connection, learn rules, DNS and proxy groups so you can troubleshoot without replacing the whole client.

Related pages

• Inbound Configuration
• Outbound Configuration
• Rules

Reference examples

These examples mirror the corresponding Chinese documentation page so the English page carries the same configuration material.

clash -d . # current directory
clash -d /etc/clash

clash -f ./config.yaml
clash -f /etc/clash/config.yaml

[aaaa::a8aa:ff:fe09:57d8]