The technology inside Lantern VPN was developed in collaboration with the world’s leading internet freedom researchers. It’s the engine powering a new generation of digital activists across global borders and computing platforms – and right here on the web. Try it for yourself:
Change the world while you surf
The VPN that fights digital repression. Powered by you.
Cutting edge research meets community computing
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Make a difference with one click
Your VPN strengthens the global network, helping where people need it most. Toggle Action Mode and join millions of Lantern volunteers in the fight against global internet censorship – while you surf.
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Smart Routing by default
Most VPNs run all your traffic through their servers. That's privacy theater. By default, Lantern only routes what's unencrypted or sensitive. Everything else stays direct and fast. Switch to full-tunnel mode anytime.
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Tested by crisis, trusted by millions
Our story began in 2014, building communications technology used by activists living under the world’s most repressive regimes. 250 million downloads later, we’ve provided a lifeline during the most perilous global human rights crises of the decade. If it worked there, it’ll work anywhere.
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Privacy without compromise
When your users include dissidents and opposition journalists, the stakes are different. Our privacy guarantee means absolutely no logs and a fully open source stack that’s been independently audited.
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Radically self-hostable
Our optional Private Server mode lets you run Lantern VPN on your own hardware or cloud account. Included free with all plans – just pay your own server costs.
Lantern VPN is for people who believe that internet access is a human right. When you use Lantern VPN, you protect your online privacy – but you also join a community that’s fighting for a better future. Your Lantern node helps people in crisis worldwide, providing a vital path to communicate with loved ones and the world.
“The simplest thing you can do to improve the world is use Lantern VPN”
Rae Fischer
Fight Global internet censorship