ProtonVPN-CLI is a full rewrite of the bash protonvpn-cli in Python, which adds more features and functionality with the purpose of improving readability, speed and reliability.

Deprecation notice

Proton VPN is upgrading its OpenVPN infrastructure. This means the legacy OpenVPN configuration will stop working on 31 March 2025. After this date, you’ll need to switch to the official Proton VPN for Linux app, or reconfigure OpenVPN or WireGuard manually.

Installation & Updating

For more detailed information on installing, updating and uninstalling, please view the extensive usage guide.

Installing from distribution repositories

For the following Linux distribution(s), install the official protonvpn-cli package:

Fedora

sudo dnf install -y protonvpn-cli

CentOS & RHEL

protonvpn-cli is available for CentOS/RHEL 7.x and 8.x via the EPEL repositories.

For CentOS/RHEL 7.x:

sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install protonvpn-cli

For CentOS/RHEL 8.x:

sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y protonvpn-cli

Installing from PyPI

Installing Dependencies

Dependencies:

• openvpn
• dialog (optional, needed for interactive selection)
• pip for python3 (pip3)
• python3.5+
• setuptools for python3 (python3-setuptools)

Depending on your distribution, run the appropriate following command to install the necessary dependencies

| Distro | Command | |:----------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------ | |Fedora/CentOS/RHEL | sudo dnf install -y openvpn dialog python3-pip python3-setuptools| |Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Debian and derivatives | sudo apt install -y openvpn dialog python3-pip python3-setuptools| |OpenSUSE/SLES | sudo zypper in -y openvpn dialog python3-pip python3-setuptools | |Arch Linux/Manjaro | sudo pacman -S openvpn dialog python-pip python-setuptools |

Installing ProtonVPN-CLI

Installation happens via Python's package manager PIP.

Note: Make sure to run pip with sudo, so it installs globally and recognizes the command with sudo

sudo pip3 install protonvpn-cli

Updating ProtonVPN-CLI

sudo pip3 install protonvpn-cli --upgrade

Manual Installation from source

Disclaimer: If you are unsure about what you're doing, please follow the normal installation guide.

It is recommended to do the manual installation in a virtual environment. Especially if it serves the purpose of developing.

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/ProtonVPN/linux-cli-community

2. Step into the directory

   cd linux-cli

3. Install

   pip3 install -e .

For updating, you just need to pull the latest version of the repository with git.

How to use

For more detailed information, see the extensive usage guide.

| Command | Description | |:----------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------| |protonvpn init | Initialize ProtonVPN profile. | |protonvpn connect, c | Select a ProtonVPN server and connect to it. | |protonvpn c [servername] | Connect to a specified server. | |protonvpn c -r | Connect to a random server. | |protonvpn c -f | Connect to the fastest server. | |protonvpn c --p2p | Connect to the fastest P2P server. | |protonvpn c --cc [countrycode] | Connect to the fastest server in a specified country. | |protonvpn c --sc | Connect to the fastest Secure Core server. | |protonvpn reconnect, r | Reconnect or connect to the last server used. | |protonvpn disconnect, d | Disconnect the current session. | |protonvpn status, s | Print connection status. | |protonvpn configure | Change CLI configuration. | |protonvpn refresh | Refresh OpenVPN configuration and server data. | |protonvpn examples | Print example commands. | |protonvpn --version | Display version. | |protonvpn --help | Show help message. |

All connect options can be used with the -p flag to explicitly specify which transmission protocol is used for that connection (either udp or tcp).

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please read the contribution guide.