Psiphon
A censorship-circumvention app that combines several blocking-resilient transports to reach sites blocked in your country.
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About Psiphon
Psiphon is built to get people onto the open internet where websites, social media, games or voice calls are blocked. It connects through a network of frequently changing servers that Psiphon operates, and it uses a variety of transports designed to keep working when ordinary VPNs are detected and cut off.
The apps are free to use and open source, and the code is published for review. A paid subscription removes ads and gives faster speeds. Alternatively, you can earn or buy PsiCash for temporary speed boosts. It suits people in countries with heavy internet filtering.
Strengths
- Several blocking-resilient transports that keep working where standard VPNs fail
- Free to use with no payment needed
- Open source code that is published for review
Limitations
- The free tier shows ads and runs at lower speeds
- Traffic passes through servers run by Psiphon
- No macOS or Linux app is listed
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to connect, with an optional subscription or PsiCash for ad-free, faster connections.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Psiphon Inc.
- Platforms
- Windows, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- People in heavily censored countries who need blocked sites and apps
- Categories
- VPN, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Psiphon
Compare allSoftware that can replace Psiphon for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Lantern
An open-source censorship-circumvention app that gives access to blocked websites and apps.
Lantern is another open-source circumvention app for censored regions, with apps for all major desktop and mobile platforms including macOS and Linux, relying on its own infrastructure.
VPN Gate
A free academic VPN network of volunteer-run public relay servers from the University of Tsukuba.
VPN Gate is free through volunteer-run relay servers using standard L2TP/IPsec, OpenVPN and SSTP clients, but privacy depends on each operator and connections are logged.
Outline VPN
Self-run VPN server built on Shadowsocks, made for censored networks.
Outline VPN uses Shadowsocks on a server you pay for and run yourself, so traffic no longer passes through servers operated by Psiphon.
AmneziaVPN
Sets up your own VPN server on a machine you rent, then connects to it, with obfuscated protocols for networks that block ordinary VPNs.
AmneziaVPN installs obfuscated protocols such as Cloak, Shadowsocks and AmneziaWG on your own rented server, instead of relying on Psiphon's servers.
Astrill VPN
A commercial VPN service with a proprietary StealthVPN protocol for restrictive networks.
Astrill VPN is a paid commercial service with a proprietary StealthVPN protocol for restrictive networks and apps for Linux, macOS and routers.
VPN.ac
A commercial VPN service with WireGuard, OpenVPN and obfuscated protocols and servers in many countries.
VPN.ac is a paid proprietary service offering WireGuard, OpenVPN and obfuscated protocols across many countries, with a published node status page.
TorGuard
A commercial VPN and proxy service with stealth connection options and client apps, including Android.
TorGuard is a paid VPN and proxy service with stealth connection options for networks that block VPNs, with fewer verifiable details about its protocols.
Psiphon as an alternative
Listings that name Psiphon as an alternative.
Shadowsocks
A fast encrypted tunnel proxy for getting past firewalls, with implementations for most platforms.
Psiphon removes the need to run your own server by combining several blocking-resilient transports on Psiphon's servers, though the free tier shows ads, runs slower and lacks macOS or Linux apps.
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