OpenVPN VS openvpn3-linux

Compare OpenVPN vs openvpn3-linux and see what are their differences.

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OpenVPN openvpn3-linux
81 8
9,911 528
2.4% 3.6%
9.2 8.6
5 days ago 6 months ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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OpenVPN

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenVPN. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-02.

openvpn3-linux

Posts with mentions or reviews of openvpn3-linux. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-04.
  • Openvpn3 is not working because of glib2
    1 project | /r/archlinux | 15 Jun 2023
    Here is a link to the GitHub thread https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3-linux/issues/171
  • Install Openvpn3 on Debian Testing
    1 project | /r/debian | 4 Jul 2022
    Its open source, you can build it yourself if there is no package https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3-linux
  • Changelog for v18 of openvpn3
    1 project | /r/OpenVPN | 8 Jun 2022
    The git repository is the main source of information, and I tag all the releases with signed tags, where the tag message is the most important details for the release: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3-linux/releases/tag/v18_beta
  • systemctl start openvpn-client@elsewhere with $USERNAME and $PASSWD in bash???
    1 project | /r/OpenVPN | 31 Mar 2022
    If you don't want to add the lines to your profile, it is possible to use a different approach as well. That will require more hacking, and for script purposes I suggest using Python as OpenVPN 3 Linux ships with its own Python module (but you may use any programing/scripting language with D-Bus bindings to do the same). An example script starting a new session with possibility to provide user credentials can be found here: src/tests/python/start-tunnel2.py and to lookup the D-Bus path required for the configuration profile from a configuration name, have a look at this example: src/tests/python/configmgr-lookup-configname.py
  • Running a .ovpn without having access to it ?
    1 project | /r/OpenVPN | 22 Mar 2021
    You're on the wrong OS. The OpenVPN 3 Linux client actually gives you the ability to pre-install VPN config profiles and allow non-privileged users to start VPN sessions without having access to the content of the profile, though the config-acl feature.
  • How to connect to OpenVPN with NodeJS
    1 project | /r/OpenVPN | 23 Feb 2021
    On Linux you can facilitate the OpenVPN 3 Linux client, which exposes all you need via a D-Bus API directly - which should be available via node.js.
  • Profile import from URL
    1 project | /r/OpenVPN | 2 Feb 2021
    https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3-linux/blob/master/src/python/openvpn3-as#L125
  • OpenVPN Client in a Container
    2 projects | /r/OpenVPN | 4 Jan 2021
    There's not much more docs than what's already in the openvpn2 and openvpn3-autoload Python scripts. Plus the various Python test scripts; in particular have a look at configimport.py and start-tunnel2.py. All of them hopefully got a reasonable amount of comments which makes sense.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OpenVPN and openvpn3-linux you can also consider the following projects:

tinc - a VPN daemon

openvpn3 - OpenVPN 3 is a C++ class library that implements the functionality of an OpenVPN client, and is protocol-compatible with the OpenVPN 2.x branch.

Pritunl - Enterprise VPN server

amnezia-client - Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile)

ocserv

mozilla-vpn-client - A fast, secure and easy to use VPN. Built by the makers of Firefox.

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

desktop-app-cli - Official IVPN command-line interface (CLI)

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

SimpleDBus - A simple C++ wrapper around DBus with a commercial-friendly licence.

lightway-laser - Lightway Laser is a reference point-to-point Linux client/server implementation for Lightway Core.

desktop-app - Official IVPN Desktop app