Mullvad VPN

🛡️ Mullvad VPN — Open-Source Privacy-Focused VPN Client

Mullvad VPN is the official open-source client for the Mullvad VPN service, providing secure VPN connectivity across Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux. The Android application uses Mullvad's WireGuard-based tunnel system with advanced routing, anti-censorship and privacy features.

🔐 WireGuard VPN

Mullvad VPN is built around WireGuard and provides device-wide VPN protection through the system VPN interface.

Key networking features include:

• WireGuard • WireGuard Multihop • WireGuard over TCP • WireGuard over QUIC • WireGuard over Shadowsocks • Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO) • Quantum-resistant tunnels • Custom DNS servers

🌐 Advanced Privacy & Routing

The app provides multiple controls for managing how traffic is routed:

• Split tunneling • Custom DNS • Optional local network access • IPv4 / IPv6 configuration • Multihop entry and exit servers • Kill-switch style traffic blocking when the VPN connection is unavailable • Content blocking for ads, trackers and other unwanted domains

Mullvad also includes DAITA, a traffic-analysis resistance feature designed to obscure patterns in network traffic. DAITA can increase bandwidth and battery usage.

🚧 Anti-Censorship & Connectivity

For networks where direct VPN connections are restricted, Mullvad supports bridge-based connectivity using Shadowsocks and other available connection methods. Additional connection settings can help users maintain access when standard VPN connections are difficult to establish.

📱 Android Experience

The Android app provides a dedicated mobile interface while sharing the underlying tunnel and security system with the wider Mullvad application project.

Users can select VPN locations, manage tunnel settings, configure split tunneling, choose DNS options, enable Multihop and access connection diagnostics.

🔎 Privacy & Transparency

Mullvad states that it does not keep activity logs such as traffic, DNS requests, connection timestamps, IP addresses or bandwidth usage. The service uses numbered accounts rather than requiring a username, password or email address for account creation.

The app is also externally audited, and Mullvad publishes security review results and release verification information.

📜 License

The Mullvad VPN client source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later).

The repository contains the source code for the desktop and mobile applications. Individual third-party components may remain subject to their own licenses.

⚠️ Important: This application is the client for the Mullvad VPN service. A valid Mullvad account and an active service period are required to use Mullvad's VPN servers. The client itself does not provide independent VPN servers.

✨ Mullvad VPN combines WireGuard, advanced routing, Multihop, obfuscation, content blocking and privacy-focused controls in one transparent, open-source VPN client.