Alternatives to OpenVPN for Android
An open-source OpenVPN client for Android, developed as a spare-time project by Arne Schwabe. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
OpenVPN for Android
An open-source OpenVPN client for Android, developed as a spare-time project by Arne Schwabe.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as OpenVPN for Android.
OpenVPN Connect
The official OpenVPN client app for connecting to OpenVPN servers from desktop and mobile devices.
OpenVPN Connect is the official closed-source client from OpenVPN Inc., importing standard .ovpn profiles and geared towards Access Server and CloudConnexa.
OpenVPN Community
The VPN protocol and client that has been the default for two decades, and still runs on everything.
OpenVPN Community provides the open source GPL-2.0 protocol and clients across Android, desktop and iOS, with flexible certificate, password and hardware token authentication.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpenVPN Access Server
A self-hosted business VPN server with a web admin interface, free for two simultaneous connections.
Pritunl
A self-hosted VPN server for OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec, managed through a web interface.
Passepartout
An open-source OpenVPN and WireGuard client for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
WireGuard
A small, fast VPN protocol and set of official clients that connect two machines by exchanging public keys.
v2rayNG
An Android client for V2Ray and Xray proxy servers, using the Xray or v2fly core.
