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adrienverge/openfortivpn

Client for PPP+TLS VPN tunnel services observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn · Perl · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4237
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 9
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3394 stars · 378 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

openfortivpn is a command-line client for PPP+TLS VPN tunnel services, compatible with Fortinet VPN gateways. It spawns a pppd process and manages communication between the client and the VPN gateway, supporting username/password, certificate, SAML, and smartcard authentication.

Use cases

  • connect to a Fortinet SSL VPN from Linux
  • connect to corporate VPN from the command line
  • set up PPP+TLS VPN tunnel on macOS
  • authenticate to VPN with SAML login
  • use a smartcard or Yubikey for VPN authentication
  • connect to VPN with a client certificate
  • script VPN connections with a config file

When to choose

  • you need to connect to a Fortinet VPN gateway on Linux or macOS without the official client
  • you want a lightweight CLI VPN client that can be scripted or run headless
  • you need SAML, certificate, or smartcard-based VPN authentication

When to avoid

  • you need a graphical VPN client with a tray icon
  • your VPN uses a protocol other than Fortinet's PPP+TLS (e.g., OpenVPN, WireGuard, IPsec)
  • you require multi-reader smartcard support, which is not currently supported

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

vpn networking security networking security privacy cli fortinet ppp tls ssl-vpn saml smartcard pppd command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

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