openconnect vs openconnect-sso

openconnect

OpenConnect client extended to support Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect VPN (by dlenski)

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openconnect-sso

Wrapper script for OpenConnect supporting Azure AD (SAMLv2) authentication to Cisco SSL-VPNs (by vlaci)

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openconnect		openconnect-sso
	Project
1	Mentions	7
677	Stars	263
-	Growth	-
2.5	Activity	4.1
7 months ago	Latest Commit	28 days ago
	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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openconnect

Posts with mentions or reviews of openconnect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-10.

I believe this is very a rare use case with GlobalProtect VPN.
3 projects | /r/paloaltonetworks | 10 Mar 2021

https://github.com/dlenski/openconnect/issues/116#issuecomment-418593904

openconnect-sso

Posts with mentions or reviews of openconnect-sso. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-14.

Openconnect-SSO
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Oct 2023
Schlägt da die Digitalkompetenz der ÖVP durch oder ist das ansatzweise berechtigte Kritik?
1 project | /r/Austria | 8 May 2023

openconnect-sso funktioniert auch alternativ zum cisco client. https://github.com/vlaci/openconnect-sso
Is it easy (for a beginner) to package a proprietary binary for nix?
3 projects | /r/NixOS | 14 Dec 2021

Also, here's a relevant issue: https://github.com/vlaci/openconnect-sso/issues/11
[Fedora 35] PyQtWebEngine blank page
1 project | /r/Fedora | 14 Nov 2021

I rely on this python module to connect to my work VPN: https://github.com/vlaci/openconnect-sso
Too many questions, not enough time.
1 project | /r/learnpython | 17 Oct 2021

I'm trying to create a GTK front end for Vlaci's Openconnect-SSO wrapper. This front-end will hopefully have functional parity to Cisco's official AnyConnect GUI. So far I've been fine with most stuff covered in the Python GTK3+ tutorial... except...
How exactly does Pulse Secure interact with SAML?
2 projects | /r/networking | 21 Sep 2021

See https://github.com/vlaci/openconnect-sso/issues/11 for details.
Connect to Cisco Anyconnect VPN with non-Cisco Client on Linux
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 27 Feb 2021

If openconnect doesn't work and you need to use AnyConnect there's another option. https://github.com/vlaci/openconnect-sso is what my team and I are using.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing openconnect and openconnect-sso you can also consider the following projects:

GlobalProtect-openconnect - A GlobalProtect VPN client for Linux, written in Rust, based on OpenConnect and Tauri, supports SSO with MFA, Yubikey, etc.

gp-saml-gui - Interactively authenticate to GlobalProtect VPNs that require SAML

SoftEther - Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.

vpn-slice - vpnc-script replacement for easy and secure split-tunnel VPN setup

streisand - Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

algo - Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS

openconnect

vpn-openconnect-pulse-adfs - The wrapper allows you to log into the PulseSecure VPN server, secured with MSFT SSO, using the OpenConnect VPN client.

ga-rsync-demo - rsync + Husarnet + GitHub Actions. Copy files to remote host with no public IP from a GitHub workflow.

OpenConnect-Linux-GUI - Simple GUI Front-End For The OpenConnect VPN On Linux