mullvad/mullvadvpn-app
The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 36 days ago, with 91 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #87 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 12, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a privacy-focused VPN client app for desktop and mobile platforms using OpenVPN and WireGuard protocols.
- Ensures strong anonymity and security with features like quantum-resistant tunnels, split tunneling, and extensive leak protection.
- Use for securing internet traffic and preserving privacy on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS devices.
- Use for developers needing a modular, open-source VPN client with Rust-based daemon and Electron GUI components.
- Use for organizations requiring a VPN client with advanced network configuration options and external security audits.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
Welcome to the Mullvad VPN client app source code repository. This is the VPN client software for the Mullvad VPN service. For more information about the service, please visit our website, mullvad.net (Also accessible via Tor on our onion service).
This repository contains all the source code for the desktop and mobile versions of the app. For desktop this includes the system service/daemon (
mullvad-daemon), a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command line interface (CLI). The Android app uses the same backing system service for the tunnel and security but has a dedicated frontend in android/. iOS consists of a completely standalone implementation that resides in ios/.There are built and signed releases for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android available on our website and on GitHub. The Android app is also available on Google Play and F-Droid and the iOS version on App Store.
You can find our code signing keys as well as instructions for how to cryptographically verify your download on Mullvad's Open Source page.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
567+60
Open issues
165+25
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| mullvad/mullvadvpn-app | 7.7K | — | 58 | 36 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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