Install Clash Verge Rev on Windows: Step-by-Step Guide

Clash Verge Rev is the go-to way to run Clash Meta on Windows: an open-source desktop client built with Tauri that ships with the mihomo core already inside. One installer gets you the interface, the engine and everything in between — no separate core download, no manual configuration files.

This guide covers the full journey on Windows 10 and 11: picking the right installer, getting past the SmartScreen warning, finding your way around the app, and going from a pasted subscription link to a verified working connection, plus the optional settings worth turning on afterwards.

Choose the right installer

For a standard Windows 10 or 11 machine with an Intel or AMD processor — which is nearly everyone — download the x64 installer. This site currently provides Clash Verge Rev 2.5.2 in the download center's Windows section. If you are unsure about your machine, open Settings → System → About and check the "System type" line; "x64-based processor" confirms the x64 build is correct.

Install it and get past SmartScreen

1. Run the downloaded installer.
2. If a blue SmartScreen dialog appears saying Windows "protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway.
3. Follow the setup wizard — accept or adjust the install location — and finish.
4. Launch Clash Verge Rev from the Start menu; a tray icon appears near the clock.

The SmartScreen prompt is expected, not a malware verdict: it appears because this open-source build is not signed with a commercial certificate that has accumulated "reputation" with Microsoft. You can verify what you downloaded against the project's own releases if you want extra assurance.

A quick tour of the interface

Four pages do most of the work: Profiles holds your imported subscriptions; Proxies lists proxy groups and nodes and is where you switch servers; Connections shows live traffic and which rule each connection matched; Settings contains the System Proxy switch, TUN mode, ports and startup options. This layout reflects the current 2.5.x releases — details may shift slightly between versions, but the structure stays recognizable.

From install to first connection

1. Copy your subscription URL from your provider's dashboard.
2. In Clash Verge Rev, open Profiles, paste the URL into the import field and confirm. The full flow, including other clients, is in the subscription import guide.
3. Select the new profile card so it becomes active.
4. Open Proxies, run a latency test in your main group and pick a node with a healthy reading.
5. In Settings, turn on System Proxy.
6. Verify: load a previously unreachable site, or check that an IP-lookup service now reports your node's location.

Optional settings worth enabling

• Auto start: have Clash Verge Rev launch at login so the proxy is ready without a manual step.
• Service mode: installs a small Windows service that lets the core run with elevated privileges. It is the prerequisite for TUN mode, which captures traffic from apps that ignore the system proxy — install it once and the TUN switch becomes available.

Frequently asked questions

The app installed but won't open — no window, or a blank window

Clash Verge Rev relies on Microsoft's Edge WebView2 runtime to draw its interface. Windows 11 and updated Windows 10 systems normally have it, but if yours does not, install the WebView2 runtime from Microsoft's official site, then relaunch the app. If the window is still blank, a plain reboot after installation resolves the remaining cases surprisingly often.

My antivirus flagged or quarantined the installer

Proxy tools trip heuristic detection regularly: they forward traffic and, in service mode, touch networking at a low level — exactly the pattern scanners are suspicious of. Restore the file from quarantine and add an exclusion for the install folder if needed. The full walkthrough, including Windows Defender specifics, is in our guide to Windows security warnings and false positives.