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    mullvad/gotatun

    Userspace WireGuard® Implementation in Rust

    backend
    vpn
    wireguard
    Rust
    MPL-2.0
    1.4K stars
    70 forks
    1.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 14 days ago, with 62 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +64 stars on Dec 23, coincided with release v0.1.1.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements a userspace WireGuard VPN tunnel in Rust for secure network communication.
    • Offers a Rust-based alternative to wireguard-go with privilege dropping and multi-platform support.
    • Use for integrating a lightweight WireGuard VPN client in Rust-based networking applications.
    • Use for running WireGuard tunnels on Linux and macOS without kernel module dependencies.
    • Use for embedding a WireGuard implementation in cross-platform Rust projects requiring secure tunnels.

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    License

    Mozilla Public License 2.0

    Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    A userspace WireGuard® implementation, and a fork of BoringTun.

    By default the executable is placed in the ./target/release folder. You can copy it to a desired location manually, or install it using cargo install --bin gotatun --path ..

    Excerpt from the mullvad/gotatun README on GitHub (MPL-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    70+16

    Open issues

    13+1

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