12 open-source VPN vendors
Open-source software for VPN that you can self-host, with auditable source code — regardless of the developer's headquarters.
- vendors scored
- 12
- European
- 4
- foreign-owned
- 2
- last checked
- 11 October 2026
Vendors, scored
Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100CryptostormIceland · EU-hosted, non-EU parent · owner in CanadaPrivacy VPN with token-based authentication without accounts
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Mullvad VPNSweden · EU sovereignSwedish privacy-focused VPN with anonymous accounts and open-source client
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100NymVPNSwitzerland · Self-hosted / open sourceSwiss mixnet VPN by Nym Technologies SA (Neuchâtel), open source, publicly launched March 2025.
- Sovereignty score 92 out of 100Mysterium VPNSwitzerland · Self-hosted / open sourceDecentralised VPN service on the Mysterium Network by BlockDev AG (Zug, Switzerland); open source under GPL-3.0.
- Sovereignty score 79 out of 100IVPNGibraltar · Non-EU vendorPrivacy VPN from Gibraltar with open-source clients and no logs
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100PsiphonCanada · Self-hosted / open sourceCensorship-circumvention tool by Psiphon Inc. of Toronto (Canada), with open-source clients.
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100SoftEther VPNJapan · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source multi-protocol VPN program (Apache 2.0) for Windows, Linux and macOS, from the SoftEther VPN Project (Japan).
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100LanternUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source VPN from the US nonprofit Brave New Software Project, built to bypass internet censorship; apps for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100NetmakerUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceWireGuard-based networking platform for mesh VPNs and remote access by Gravitl; open source (Apache 2.0), self-hostable.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100OpenVPNUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source VPN software (GPL-2.0) from OpenVPN, Inc.; self-hosted Access Server and cloud-delivered CloudConnexa.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100WindscribeCanada · Non-EU vendorCanadian independent privacy VPN with open-source clients.
- Sovereignty score 49 out of 100Private Internet AccessUnited States · Non-EU vendor · owner in United KingdomUS-based VPN service owned by Kape Technologies
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