"NordVPN has open sourced another of its Linux VPN client apps under the GPLv3. This time, it's the graphical user interface (GUI) version. The Lithuanian outfit has released the source code to version 4.2.0, which introduces the GUI client announced in May. This complements its existing shell-based client, the source code for which has been available since 2023. The GitHub repository isn't new. The company released the source code for its in-house Linux client back in 2023, just over two and a half years ago."
"What's changed is that back then, the client was a text-mode one, used from a shell prompt. Now, in version 4.2.0, that's joined by the GUI app as well. It's only the Linux client that's getting open sourced. NordVPN also offers dedicated client apps for various proprietary desktop and mobile OSes, and those clients remain proprietary themselves. The Register has been covering NordVPN for about six years, which is coincidentally also around the time when it released the first version of its Linux client."
NordVPN released the source code for its Linux GUI VPN client under the GPLv3 license with version 4.2.0, adding a graphical interface announced in May. This GUI complements the previously open-sourced shell-based Linux client whose source was published in 2023. The open source release applies only to the Linux client; dedicated clients for proprietary desktop and mobile operating systems remain closed source. Parts of NordVPN's stack use FOSS components such as WireGuard, but the company has released only client-side code. Alternative graphical VPN clients for Linux, like NetworkManager applets, are already available.
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