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align=\"center\"\u003e\n\n\u003cimg src=\".github/assets/header.png\" width=\"600\"/\u003e\n\nOpen-source, cross-platform VPN client built with Rust that provides true privacy through decentralized mixnet technology and multi-hop censorship-resistant WireGuard tunneling.\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n# 🚀 What is NymVPN\n\nNymVPN is a privacy-focused, decentralized VPN application that goes beyond traditional VPNs by leveraging:\n\n- 🔀 [Mixnet](https://nym.com/mixnet) Technology: Anonymous 5-hop routing through Nym's decentralized network\n- ⚡ WireGuard + AmneziaWG: Fast, secure tunneling with built-in censorship resistance\n- 🛡️ Metadata Protection: Unlike traditional VPNs, protects both content AND traffic patterns (in mixnet mode)\n- 🔐 Zero-Knowledge Credentials: Private authentication using zero-knowledge [zk-nyms](https://nym.com/zk-nyms)\n- 🌍 No Single Point of Failure: Fully decentralized infrastructure\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\".github/assets/app.png\" width=\"800\"/\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\" src=\".github/assets/apk-download-badge-1745835177551.png\"\u003e](https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/releases?q=android\u0026expanded=true)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\"  src=\".github/assets/fdroid-badge.png\"\u003e](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.nymtech.nymvpn/)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\" src=\".github/assets/flathub-store.svg\"\u003e](https://flathub.org/apps/net.nymtech.NymVPN)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\"  src=\".github/assets/play-badge.png\"\u003e](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nymtech.nymvpn)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\"  src=\".github/assets/obtainium-badge.png\"\u003e](https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/redirect?r=obtainium://app/%7B%22id%22%3A%22net.nymtech.nymvpn%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnymtech%2Fnym-vpn-client%22%2C%22author%22%3A%22nymtech%22%2C%22name%22%3A%22NymVPN%22%2C%22preferredApkIndex%22%3A0%2C%22additionalSettings%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22includePrereleases%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22fallbackToOlderReleases%5C%22%3Atrue%2C%5C%22filterReleaseTitlesByRegEx%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22filterReleaseNotesByRegEx%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22verifyLatestTag%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22dontSortReleasesList%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22useLatestAssetDateAsReleaseDate%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22releaseTitleAsVersion%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22trackOnly%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22versionExtractionRegEx%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22matchGroupToUse%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22versionDetection%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22releaseDateAsVersion%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22useVersionCodeAsOSVersion%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22apkFilterRegEx%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22invertAPKFilter%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22autoApkFilterByArch%5C%22%3Atrue%2C%5C%22appName%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22shizukuPretendToBeGooglePlay%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22allowInsecure%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22exemptFromBackgroundUpdates%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22skipUpdateNotifications%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22about%5C%22%3A%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5C%22refreshBeforeDownload%5C%22%3Afalse%7D%22%2C%22overrideSource%22%3Anull%7D)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\" src=\".github/assets/app-store-badge.svg\"\u003e](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6471254143)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\" src=\".github/assets/linux-badge.png\"\u003e](https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/releases?q=linux\u0026expanded=true)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\"  src=\".github/assets/macos-badge.png\"\u003e](https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/releases?q=macos\u0026expanded=true)\n[\u003cimg height=\"40\" width=\"120\" src=\".github/assets/windows-badge.png\"\u003e](https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/releases?q=windows\u0026expanded=true)\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n# ✨ Key Features\n\n🎯 Dual-Mode Privacy Architecture\n\n- Anonymous Mode (5-hop mixnet): Maximal anonymity thanks to Nym's Noise Generating Mixnet with added noise to protect users against even AI surveillance\n- Fast Mode (2-hop WireGuard): Decentralized 2-hop mode for faster connections and less latency thanks to WireGuard\n\n🔧 Developer-Friendly\n\n- 100% Open Source: Fully auditable codebase\n- Rust-based: Memory-safe, high-performance implementation\n- Cross-platform: Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, CLI\n\n⚙️ Power User Features\n\n- Split Tunneling: Choose per-app routing (mixnet vs WireGuard) (_coming soon_)\n- Custom Entry/Exit Selection: Choose your preferred node operators\n- Kill Switch: Automatic connection protection with data leak prevention\n- Multi-language Support: 10+ localizations with crowdsourced language support\n\n🛡️ Advanced Privacy and Security\n\n- Multi-hop by Default: No server views both your IP address and online activity\n- zk-nyms: Private zero-knowledge credential system to unlink payments data from online activity\n- No Centralized Logging: Cryptographically impossible to track users\n- Advanced Cryptographic Stack: Cure25519, AES, ChaCha20-Poly1305, BLAKE2/BLAKE3, Lioness Wide Block Cipher, Pointcheval-Sanders Signatures, Pedersen Commitments, NIZK Proofs, BLS12-381 Curve, post-quantum readiness (_coming soon_)\n- Independent Security Audits: JP Aumasson (2021), Oak Security (2022), Cryspen (2023-2024), Cure53 (2024)\n\n🌐 Censorship Resistance Technologies\n\n- AmneziaWG Integration: Bypass barriers to information access with AmneziaWG (censorship-resistance WireGuard fork)\n- Adaptive Protocols: Pluggable transport, QUIC (_coming soon_)\n\n# 🏗️ Architecture\n\n```\n┌─────────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐\n│                 │ -\u003e │   Mixnet     │ -\u003e │   Destination   │\n│                 │    │  (5 hops)    │    │                 │\n│    NymVPN App   │    └──────────────┘    └─────────────────┘\n│    (Rust Core)  │    ┌──────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐\n│                 │ -\u003e │  AmneziaWG   │ -\u003e │   Destination   │\n│                 │    │  (2 hops)    │    │                 │\n└─────────────────┘    └──────────────┘    └─────────────────┘\n```\n\n# 🌐 Use Cases\n\nFor Privacy Advocates\n\n- Personal privacy: Protection from ISP/government surveillance\n- Journalist protection: Secure communication in hostile environments\n- Whistleblowing: Anonymous document sharing\n\nFor Developers\n\n- Decentralized app integration: Privacy layer for dApps\n- Research projects: Privacy-preserving network protocols\n- Security auditing: Open-source cryptographic implementations\n\nFor Organizations\n\n- Corporate security: Enhanced privacy for remote teams\n- Censorship circumvention: Access blocked content and services\n- Compliance: GDPR-friendly privacy infrastructure\n\n# 🔬 Research Foundation \u0026 Academic Partnerships\n\nPeer-Reviewed Research ([50+ Publications](https://nym.com/trust-center/papers-and-research))\n\nAcademic Partnerships\n\n- [KU Leuven (COSIC Research Group)](https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/): Privacy, performance, and hardware optimization\n- [EPFL (SPRING Lab)](https://spring.epfl.ch): Network security and sophisticated attack analysis\n- [Cryspen](https://cryspen.com): Formal verification and post-quantum cryptography\n\nAdvisory Board with multiple industry awards (Levchin Prize, BCS Lovelace Medal)\n\n# 📚 Documentation \u0026 Resources\n\n- 🛡️ [The NymVPN Litepaper](https://nym.com/nymvpn-litepaper)\n- ♟️ [NymVPN public roadmap](https://trello.com/b/qVhBo3e2/nymvpn-public-roadmap)\n- 👀 [NymVPN Signals of Trustworthy VPNs](https://nym.com/trust-center/signals-of-trustworthy-vpns)\n- 🌐 [Nym Crowdsouced Localization](https://crowdin.com/editor/nymvpn-apps)\n\n- 🙏 [Nym's Help Center](https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us)\n- 🏡 [Nym Forum](https://forum.nym.com)\n- 🍀 [Nym's Trust Center](https://nym.com/trust-center)\n- 🔬 [Nym Audits](https://nym.com/trust-center/independently-audited)\n- 🧪 [Nym Research Papers](https://nym.com/trust-center/papers-and-research)\n- 🔐 [Nym Cryptography](https://nym.com/trust-center/cryptography)\n\n- 💡 [The Nym Network Whitepaper](https://nym.com/nym-whitepaper.pdf)\n- 📣 [Nym's blog](https://nym.com/en/blog).\n\n# 🤝 Contributing\n\nWe welcome contributions from developers passionate about privacy, decentralization, and open-source software! This monorepo contains all of our source code for our NymVPN client apps (iOS / Android / Linux / macOS / Windows / CLI), separate from the Nym network [monorepo](https://github.com/nymtech/nym).\n\nDevelopment Areas\n\n- Rust core development: Networking, cryptography, protocols\n- Mobile development: Kotlin (Android), SwiftUI (iOS)\n- Desktop applications: SwiftUI (macOS), Tauri (Linux, Windows)\n- Protocol research: Mixnet improvements, censorship resistance\n- Security auditing: Code review, vulnerability research, pen tests\n\nCheck our [Contribution Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\n# 🏷️ Topics \u0026 Keywords\n\n- Privacy \u0026 Security: `privacy-tools` `privacy-enhancing tech` `security` `encryption` `zero-knowledge` `anonymity` `surveillance-resistance` `cryptography`\n- Networking: `vpn` `dvpn` `wireguard` `amneziawg` `mixnet` `decentralized-network` `censorship-resistance`\n- Development: `rust` `open-source` `kotlin` `swiftui`\n- Protocols: `sphinx` `onion-routing` `distributed-systems` `network-privacy`\n\n# ©️ Licensing and copyright information\n\n- ©2018-2026 Nym Technologies SA (contact@nymtech.net). Nym Technologies SA. 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