About RiseupVPN
RiseupVPN is open source, fast, secure, super easy to use, and free! You just install it and run it—zero configuration, zero registration. RiseupVPN does not require a user account, keep logs, or track you in any way....
RiseupVPN is open source, fast, secure, super easy to use, and free! You just install it and run it—zero configuration, zero registration. RiseupVPN does not require a user account, keep logs, or track you in any way.
VPNs help protect your privacy and secure your online activity, but it’s super important to use a trusted VPN provider. Riseup has been providing secure communications for decades and is a well respected and trusted provider of online communication tools (https://riseup.net).
OPEN SOURCE AND THIRD-PARTY AUDITED
Like any good VPN, RiseupVPN helps you to protect your internet traffic against mass surveillance, enhances your online privacy, and can help bypass censorship. RiseupVPN
– is third-party audited and uses only open source technology
– encrypts and protects your traffic from the spying eyes of your internet service provider
– secures your browsing traffic on public and private Wi-Fi networks
– hides your IP and your real location from websites and online services
– circumvents censorship and allows you access to blocked content
THIS IS A FREE, DONATION-FUNDED SERVICE
RiseupVPN is free to use and funded by donations from users like you. We believe everyone should have access to secure communication tools. Your donations keep RiseupVPN running. Thank you! https://riseup.net/vpn/donate
DEVELOPED BY OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS, LEAP
RiseupVPN is developed by our trusted partner, LEAP Encryption Access Project. Founded in 2012, LEAP is dedicated to giving all internet users access to secure communication. There are many fronts in the fight against the enclosure of the internet and the relentless efforts to surveil and monetize our lives. LEAP is part of the growing effort to expand the use of circumvention technology to protect us from government and corporate incursion into our online lives. https://leap.se
MORE TRANSLATIONS!
We want to continue to expand the use of VPNs, and translations are critical to this effort. Contributions to this effort are greatly appreciated and can be done here: Transifex project https://app.transifex.com/otf/bitmask/dashboard/
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUSTED VPNs
At Riseup, we believe it is important for everyone to use some technology like VPN or Tor to encrypt their internet traffic. Why? Because the internet is being broken by governments, internet service providers (ISPs), and corporations. Read more about this here, https://riseup.net/en/vpn/why-is-needed, use our free VPN, and please don’t forget to donate so we can keep providing this valuable service.
TECH SPECS
– 100% Open Source, and third party audited by Cure53
– Built on Android's VPNService
– Uses OpenVPN with WireGuard coming soon
– UDP for fast connections, and TCP for more stability
– No IPv6 Leaks: will not leak IPv6 traffic
– No DNS Leaks: RiseupVPN is configured on both the client and the server to prevent any leaking of DNS.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of RiseupVPN since it was posted on our website on 2020-07-14 12:28:16.
The latest version is 1.5.3 and it was updated on 2026-10-17 02:21:39. See below the changes in each version.
RiseupVPN version 1.5.3
Updated At: 2025-04-14
Changes: features:
- provide support for quic as obfuscation protocol
- improve bridge hopping mode
bugfixes:
- reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings
- fix updating VPN certificate via APIv5
- fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
- remove camera permission, since invite code scanning feature is not yet enabled for RiseupVPN
RiseupVPN version 1.4.1
Updated At: 2025-02-15
Changes: - update censorship circumvention library
- support for provider setups with multiple bridges colocated with a gateway
- translation updates (again love to all contributors)
- support for elliptic curve private keys used in VPN setup
RiseupVPN version 1.3.1
Updated At: 2024-10-02
Changes: Fixes an app crash during provider setup in case the app has been moved to the background
RiseupVPN version 1.2.0
Updated At: 2024-04-30
Changes: features:
* updated openvpn, openssl, tor, snowflake
* encrypted storage
* new provider setup UI
* Support for Android 13
* enforce TLS 1.3 on all Android versions
* Dns over Https (DoH) during provider setup
bugfixes:
* fixed possible on-device DoS vulnerability, leading to app crashes
* fixed task hijacking vulnerability (aka. strandhogg)
* fixed blocking VPN service stopping and notifications disappearing correctly
* disable location selection button if provider only supports 1 location
RiseupVPN version 1.1.8
Updated At: 2023-11-13
Changes: Since the last releases were not fully rolled-out, a summary of version 1.1.6 - 1.1.8:
* updated design
* improved circumvention capabilities
* updated dependencies (openvpn, tor, snowflake etc.)
* updated translations
* fixed crashes and other bugs
* support for Message of the Day
* 1.1.7 fix: hiding debugging entries in settings
* 1.1.8 fix: uploaded correct google playstore version
RiseupVPN version 1.1.2
Updated At: 2022-05-07
Changes: features:
* Tor on Snowflake: use new circumvention tech to unblock the communication between RiseupVPN and it's configuration servers
* many, many new translations
* update dependencies: ics-openvpn, openssl, lz4
bugfixes:
* some app crash fixes
* disable LED for VPN status notifications, enable them if app updates are available
* improvement of some wordings
RiseupVPN version 1.1.1
Updated At: 2022-02-07
Changes: bugfixes:
- fix VPN not turning on:
* ensure native libraries are correctly extracted from Android App Bundles
RiseupVPN version 1.0.9
Updated At: 2021-06-05
Changes: features:
- updated translations
bug fixes:
- fix app crash in gateway selection error handling
- removed Slovenian language as it is unmaintained right now
- fixed potential crashes due to wrong string formatting in several languages
RiseupVPN version 1.0.7
Updated At: 2021-02-11
Changes: features:
- new translations, more will come soon
bugfixes:
fixed relaunch of the VPN on reboot:
-> in case always-on system setting is enabled on Android O+
-> in case VPN was connected before turning off the smartphone on pre Android O
-> better support for "Block connections without VPN" system setting while rebooting
RiseupVPN version 1.0.6
Updated At: 2021-01-12
Changes: features:
- support for Android 10 and Android 11
- new translations (
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