setup-ipsec-vpn: 28K-Star Open Source IPsec VPN Installer (Quick Review)

Sure, WireGuard gets all the attention. OpenVPN has the legacy. But the most-starred VPN project on GitHub — 28,089 stars and counting — doesn’t use either protocol. It runs IPsec, and it’s been quietly maintained for ten years. Now, hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn is a set of shell scripts that turn a fresh Linux server into a fully functional IPsec VPN in under five minutes. It supports IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec, and IKEv2 — and the killer feature isn’t speed or crypto. It’s the fact that every device you own already has native clients for these protocols. ...

June 27, 2026 · 4 min · PrivacyGuard