SoftEther VPN
Multi-protocol VPN server from the University of Tsukuba
SoftEther VPN is a powerful open-source multi-protocol VPN server supporting its own protocol plus OpenVPN, L2TP/IPsec, and SSTP. It is known for high performance and firewall traversal.
Key features
- Multiple VPN protocols
- Excellent firewall traversal
- Cross-platform server
- High throughput
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Mature project with 13.6k GitHub stars
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
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