passteque/gluetun

VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/passteque/gluetun · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

94/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 83
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 35
age_days: 3130
days_rel: 34
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 10

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

15305 stars · 613 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Gluetun is a lightweight VPN client packaged as a thin Alpine Docker container, written in Go, supporting many VPN providers via OpenVPN or Wireguard. It also provides DNS over TLS, built-in shadowsocks and HTTP proxies, and a firewall kill switch for routing other containers' traffic through the VPN.

Use cases

route other docker containers' traffic through a vpn tunnel
run a vpn sidecar container for torrenting clients
encrypt dns with dns over tls inside a container
expose an http or shadowsocks proxy through my vpn provider
prevent ip leaks with a firewall kill switch when the vpn drops
connect to mullvad, nordvpn, pia, surfshark or windscribe from a container

When to choose

you self-host apps in Docker and want their traffic to go through a VPN
you need a small, configurable VPN client supporting many providers
you want built-in DNS over TLS, proxies, and a kill switch in one container

When to avoid

you need a desktop VPN app with a graphical interface
you are not using Docker or Linux-based container environments
your VPN provider is not among the supported ones and you cannot use custom Wireguard/OpenVPN configs

Facets

application · maturity active

vpn networking proxy security privacy self-hosted container-runtime networking security privacy self-hosted go self-hosted vpn-client openvpn wireguard dns-over-tls shadowsocks http-proxy vpn-providers docker-container kill-switch containers devops docker linux

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/passteque/gluetun · fetched 2026-08-28 · a36b74a49aeb
homepage: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki · fetched 2026-08-29 · eee37819b993

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
passteque/gluetun	main	94

For agents

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