# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/passteque/gluetun
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gluetun
Homepage: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: openvpn, dns-over-tls, mullvad, windscribe, private-internet-access, docker, alpine, surfshark, cyberghost, golang, shadowsocks, nordvpn, pia, vyprvpn, vpn-client, http-proxy, privado, purevpn, wireguard
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:22:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3130, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 35, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15305, forks 613 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.559370+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: vpn, networking, proxy, security, privacy, self-hosted, container-runtime
- domain: networking, security, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: vpn-client, openvpn, wireguard, dns-over-tls, shadowsocks, http-proxy, vpn-providers, docker-container, kill-switch, containers, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- passteque/gluetun (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.559370+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:06:22.977451+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/passteque/gluetun (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.559370+00:00, sha a36b74a49aeb)
  - homepage: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:13.839020+00:00, sha eee37819b993)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.