Downloads

Downloads for strongSwan and its NetworkManager plugin and Android app

strongSwan

Binary Packages

The simplest way to get strongSwan is to install the binary packages provided by your distribution. Our installation instructions provide links to common distributions and information for building strongSwan from sources.

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Sources

Current Release

Version: 6.0.1

strongswan-6.0.1.tar.bz2
2025-03-10, size 4'844'260 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: c3ddc81d1d11ce3d5431e15da7718748
strongswan-6.0.1.tar.gz
2025-03-10, size 7'964'743 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: a4d2c7652977a760227b5e82e5fc5cfa

Changelog Test Results

Pre-Releases

Version: 6.0.2dr2

strongswan-6.0.2dr2.tar.bz2
2025-06-05, size 4'881'598 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: 411755cb2bd14dc91322e2c7c12d7123

Changelog Test Results

Security Patches

Security patches are available for older releases. See our blog for corresponding advisories.

Signature Key

strongSwan releases and security patches are signed with the PGP key with keyid DF42C170B34DBA77.

Download mirrors / Older versions

Older releases can be found on our download mirrors:

Try strongSwan via Docker

A docker image is available to easily try out strongSwan.

NetworkManager Plugin

strongSwan's NetworkManager plugin is available as binary package for several distributions (e.g. network-manager-strongswan on Debian/Ubuntu). For an introduction and how-to see our docs.

Sources

Current Release

Version: 1.6.2

NetworkManager-strongswan-1.6.2.tar.bz2

2025-03-11, size 347'519 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: 4067e30e8373319deb40e3d2a365e3d8

This version supports GTK 4 (in addition to GTK 3), but doesn't support compiling against libnm-glib anymore.

Changelog

Previous Releases

NetworkManager-strongswan-1.5.2.tar.bz2

2020-05-19, size 300'735 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: 164afb79d1c9447c3abefa3faa7fc7f1

This version requires strongSwan 5.8.3 or newer, it's not compatible with older releases.

NetworkManager-strongswan-1.4.5.tar.bz2

2019-05-20, size 306'689 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: 157db6b445dbe6014ef3473f31744334

This version works with older strongSwan releases, but doesn't support the new features introduced with 5.8.3.

Signature Key

Releases of the NetworkManager Plugin are signed with the PGP key with keyid 765FE26C6B467584.

Older versions

Older releases can be found on our download server:

Android App

The strongSwan Android app can be installed from App stores, or manually by downloading the APK from our download server.

Current Release

Version: 2.5.6

Google Play F-Droid

Changelog

Manual Download

strongSwan-2.5.6.apk
2025-06-27, size 14'427'472 bytes

Signature Key

Android APKs are signed with the PGP key with keyid 765FE26C6B467584.

Older versions

Older releases can be found on our download server: