strongSwan VPN Client

strongSwan VPN Client

An easy to use IKEv2/IPsec-based VPN client.

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Description

Official Android port of the popular strongSwan VPN solution. # FEATURES AND LIMITATIONS #

  • Uses the VpnService API featured by Android 4+. Devices by some manufacturers seem to lack support for this - strongSwan VPN Client won't work on these devices!
  • Uses the IKEv2 key exchange protocol
  • Uses IPsec for data traffic
  • Full support for changed connectivity and mobility through MOBIKE (or reauthentication)
  • Supports username/password EAP authentication (namely EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-MD5 and EAP-GTC) as well as RSA/ECDSA private key/certificate authentication to authenticate users, EAP-TLS with client certificates is also supported
  • Combined RSA/ECDSA and EAP authentication is supported by using two authentication rounds as defined in RFC 4739
  • VPN server certificates are verified against the CA certificates pre-installed or installed by the user on the system. The CA or server certificates used to authenticate the server can also be imported directly into the app.
  • IKEv2 fragmentation is supported if the VPN server supports it (strongSwan does so since 5.2.1)
  • Split-tunneling allows sending only certain traffic through the VPN and/or excluding specific traffic from it
  • Per-app VPN allows limiting the VPN connection to specific apps, or exclude them from using it
  • The IPsec implementation currently supports the AES-CBC, AES-GCM, ChaCha20/Poly1305 and SHA1/SHA2 algorithms
  • Passwords are currently stored as cleartext in the database (only if stored with a profile)
  • VPN profiles may be imported from files
  • Supports managed configurations via enterprise mobility management (EMM)
Details and a changelog can be found in our documentation: https://docs.strongswan.org/docs/latest/os/androidVpnClient.html # PERMISSIONS #
  • READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Allows importing VPN profiles and CA certificates from external storage on some Android versions
  • QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES: Required on Android 11+ to select apps to ex-/include in VPN profiles and the optional EAP-TNC use case
# EXAMPLE SERVER CONFIGURATION # Example server configurations may be found in our documentation: https://docs.strongswan.org/docs/latest/os/androidVpnClient.html#_server_configuration Please note that the host name (or IP address) configured with a VPN profile in the app *must be* contained in the server certificate as subjectAltName extension. # FEEDBACK # Please post bug reports and feature requests via GitHub: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/issues/new/choose If you do so, please include information about your device (manufacturer, model, OS version etc.). The log file written by the key exchange service can be sent directly from within the application.

What’s new (2.6.2)

# 2.6.2 #

- Fix edge-to-edge layout issues with settings and app selection

# 2.6.1 #

- Update OpenSSL to support ML-KEM (requires explicit configuration in proposals)
- Fix vulnerability in eap-mschapv2 plugin
- Fix filename when exporting the log

# 2.6.0 #

- Allow preselecting a user certificate via alias in managed profiles
- Allow selecting a user certificate for managed profiles
- Fix reading split-tunneling settings in managed profiles
- Adapt to edge-to-edge display

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
2.6.2 current
aa94ba159c74d3e6…
 2025-11-03 15 MB API 21
2.6.1
f04b974f9f5871a4…
 2025-10-30 15 MB API 21
2.6.0
07ab2e249f67dc5b…
 2025-10-07 12 MB API 21

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • Read storageRead files on the device storage.
  • REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
  • Display over other appsDraw content on top of other apps.
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  • Installed appsSee which apps are installed.
  • android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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