Lantern

🏮 Lantern — Open-Source VPN for Modern Internet Access

Lantern is an open-source, cross-platform VPN and networking application designed to provide a simple way to connect to the internet through Lantern’s distributed networking infrastructure. With a clean interface, automatic connection handling, VPN tunneling, and evolving transport technologies, Lantern combines ease of use with a powerful networking core. 🌐

⚡ Simple One-Click Connection

Lantern is designed to keep VPN connections straightforward. Start the application, connect, and let Lantern handle the underlying networking and tunnel management without requiring complicated manual configuration.

🌍 Cross-Platform VPN

Lantern is available for: • Android • iOS • Windows • macOS • Linux

The same core networking architecture powers the different platform clients, while each platform uses its native integration for VPN and networking functions. 📱💻

🛡️ Built-In VPN Tunneling

On Android, Lantern integrates with the system VPN framework to route device traffic through its networking core. The application manages tunnel lifecycle and connection state directly, providing an integrated VPN experience without requiring third-party proxy applications.

🚀 Automatic Connection Management

Lantern is designed to simplify server and connection management. Recent versions include automatic server selection and configuration refresh capabilities, while improvements to network recovery help maintain connectivity when network conditions change.

🔄 Modern Networking Core

Lantern combines a Flutter-based user interface with a Go-powered networking backend. Its native core is embedded into each supported platform, allowing the application to share core networking functionality while using platform-specific integrations where necessary.

🧩 Evolving Transport Technologies

The Lantern networking stack continues to evolve with multiple transport and tunneling technologies. Recent releases have introduced or improved features such as DNSTT support, domain-fronting capabilities, stealth-related transport options, and modern TUN networking components.

📡 Connection & Network Improvements

The project actively works on connection stability, DNS handling, tunnel lifecycle management, memory usage, network recovery, and configuration updates. Recent Android releases have included fixes for VPN state handling, network interface detection, tunnel stability, and battery or memory optimization.

🔐 Open-Source Project

Lantern is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code, networking components, and development infrastructure are publicly available, allowing the project to be inspected and continuously improved by its developers and community.

🧪 Active Development

Lantern is continuously updated across its supported platforms. Recent releases have introduced new networking capabilities, configuration refresh tools, improved automatic routing, and additional connection-management features.

✨ Key Features • Open-source VPN client • Android, iOS, Windows, macOS & Linux • One-click connection • Automatic connection management • VPN tunneling • Automatic server selection • Configuration refresh • DNS handling & fallback improvements • Modern TUN networking • Multiple transport technologies • DNSTT support • Stealth-oriented transport options • Network recovery improvements • Built-in diagnostics and logging • Flutter + Go architecture • GPL-3.0 licensed

🏮 Lantern brings a modern open-source VPN experience to multiple platforms, combining a simple interface with an actively developed networking core and flexible connection technologies.