SoftEther VPN

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Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable. observed · 2026-09-29

github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN · C · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-09-29

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

Activity 96
Release rhythm 8
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 4674
days_rel: 459
days_push: 28
n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

13597 stars · 2781 forks observed · 2026-09-29

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

SoftEther VPN is an open-source, cross-platform, multi-protocol VPN server and client software written in C. It supports SSL-VPN, OpenVPN, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, L2TPv3, EtherIP, and WireGuard protocols, with an HTML5 admin console and JSON-RPC API.

Use cases

set up my own vpn server
run a vpn server for remote work
bypass government firewall restrictions
support multiple vpn protocols on one server
provide ssl vpn access for employees
host an openvpn-compatible vpn server
circumvent network censorship

When to choose

you need a single self-hosted VPN server supporting many protocols
you need to tunnel through restrictive firewalls or NATs
you want a web admin console and JSON-RPC API for VPN management
you need cross-platform VPN server on Linux, Windows, macOS, or BSD

When to avoid

you only need a simple single-protocol VPN like plain WireGuard
you want a lightweight consumer VPN client rather than a server
you need a fully audited stable release and cannot tolerate experimental code

Facets

application · maturity active

vpn networking security cryptography self-hosted networking security privacy censorship-circumvention self-hosted windows bsd cross-platform cli vpn-server ssl-vpn openvpn l2tp ipsec sstp wireguard firewall-bypass remote-work linux macos

1 source

readme: https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN · fetched 2026-09-29 · 428d4f3e52a2

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN	main	66
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable	backend	38
SoftEtherVPN/SoftetherVPN-docker	infra	74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN")

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