SoftEther VPN

Health v2 · maintenance only

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13503 stars · 2774 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

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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

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