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Mullvad

mullvad.net
4.9 (10)

Based in Sweden. Operating since 2009. Accepts Monero, Bitcoin, BCH and Cash. Native desktop and mobile clients are available for Android and iOS and are easy to use. Money back guarantee for 30 days. 5 devices are covered.

Amount of servers in Sep 2024: 695 VPN servers, in 46 different countries. Source.

Threat level
Covered

A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels

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Our take

No email and no account, just a random number, which is about as close to anonymous signup as a VPN gets, and it accepts cash and Monero on top. It won’t reliably unblock streaming and it makes no pretense otherwise. Open-source apps and audits back the privacy claims rather than asking you to take them on faith. Pick it when you want a VPN that treats privacy as the product instead of a marketing word.

GitHub at a glance
mullvad/mullvadvpn-app
Stars
7,353
+ 194 this week
Last commit
8d ago
healthy
License
GPL-3.0
Latest release
android/2026.7
23d ago
Stars, last 31d
Website at a glance
mullvad.net
A+ score 125
Strong website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 14d ago

Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.

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Mullvad license, in plain English
GPL-3.0
Strong copyleft

Free to use and modify, but anything you distribute that is built on it must also be open under the same license.

Permits

  • Commercial use
  • Modification
  • Distribution
  • Patent use
  • Private use

Requires

  • Disclose source
  • Same license
  • State changes
  • License and copyright notice

Does not provide

  • Liability cover
  • Warranty

Why it matters: Strong copyleft keeps every distributed version open. A vendor cannot fold this into a closed product and ship it without releasing their changes.

Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.