# vnt-dev/vnt

An efficient VPN. 简便高效的异地组网、内网穿透工具

Repository: https://github.com/vnt-dev/vnt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vnt
Homepage: https://rustvnt.com
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: nat, p2p, vpn, rust, proxy
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:40:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 95
- inputs: {"age_days": 1338, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 65.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3180, forks 351 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:47.784605+00:00)

## What it is
VNT is a Rust-based VPN tool for quickly building virtual LANs across the internet, with NAT traversal, P2P tunnels, and point-to-network / network-to-network connectivity. It ships as a desktop client (Tauri), a web-managed server binary, and CLI tools, with TUN/TAP/no-device modes and optional end-to-end encryption.

## Use cases
- connect remote devices into one virtual LAN
- play LAN games with friends over the internet
- access home NAS from outside
- remote desktop to office machines
- punch through NAT to establish direct P2P tunnels
- link two office subnets without a public server
- run a self-hosted VPN server with encrypted relay

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, low-resource alternative to commercial mesh VPNs like Tailscale or ZeroTier
- you need cross-platform virtual LAN with self-hosted server control
- you need NAT traversal with P2P UDP/TCP tunnels and QoS resistance
- you want WireGuard client compatibility (e.g., iOS)

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured enterprise VPN with policy management and auditing
- you require iOS as a first-class native client
- you need mature multi-tenant team management dashboards

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: vpn, proxy, networking, p2p, security, cryptography
- domain: networking, privacy, self-hosted, security
- platform: windows, cross-platform, rust, cli, self-hosted
- tags: virtual-lan, nat-traversal, mesh-vpn, tun-tap, wireguard-compat, remote-access, lan-gaming, nas-access, tauri, end-to-end-encryption, macos, linux, android, desktop

## Member repositories
- vnt-dev/vnt (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.784605+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 2026-08-29T18:45:24.002802+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vnt-dev/vnt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.784605+00:00, sha 25c29b981794)
  - homepage: https://rustvnt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:16.066562+00:00, sha ec9618ba30dc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.