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protonvpn-cli

Deprecation warning

This Version of ProtonVPN-CLI has been deprecated and is no longer maintained by the ProtonVPN Team.
It is superseded by Version 2. Due to the new version being written in Python, you can’t update it with the --update option. The new version needs to be installed manually. For installation instructions, please visit the project page at
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn-cli-ng
Note: To disable the deprecation warning in the program, create a file called deprecation_warning in the ~/.protonvpn-cli configuration folder.

Overview

protonvpn-cli is a command-line tool for Linux and macOS.

Requirements

  • openvpn
  • python
  • dialog
  • wget
  • sysctl
  • sha512sum

The program automatically checks for missing requirements.

Installation 

$ git clone "https://github.com/protonvpn/protonvpn-cli"
$ cd protonvpn-cli
$ sudo ./protonvpn-cli.sh --install

Or (one-liner):

(via git) 

$ sudo bash -c "git clone https://github.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn-cli.git && ./protonvpn-cli/protonvpn-cli.sh --install"

(via wget) 

$ wget "https://github.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn-cli/raw/master/protonvpn-cli.sh" -O "protonvpn-cli.sh" && sudo bash protonvpn-cli.sh --install

Usage

Command
Description

protonvpn-cli --init
Initialize ProtonVPN profile on the machine.

protonvpn-cli -c, --connect
Select and connect to a ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli -c [server-name] [protocol]
Connect to a ProtonVPN server by name.

protonvpn-cli -m, --menu
Select and connect to a ProtonVPN server from a menu.

protonvpn-cli -r, --random-connect
Connect to a random ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli -l, --last-connect
Connect to the previously used ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli -f, --fastest-connect
Connect to the fastest available ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli -p2p, --p2p-connect
Connect to the fastest available P2P ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli -tor, --tor-connect
Connect to the fastest available ProtonVPN TOR server.

protonvpn-cli -sc, --secure-core-connect
Connect to the fastest available ProtonVPN SecureCore server.

protonvpn-cli -cc, --country-connect
Select and connect to a ProtonVPN server by country.

protonvpn-cli -cc [country-name] [protocol]
Connect to the fastest available server in a specific country.

protonvpn-cli -d, --disconnect
Disconnect the current session.

protonvpn-cli --reconnect
Reconnect to the current ProtonVPN server.

protonvpn-cli --ip
Print the current public IP address.

protonvpn-cli --status
Print connection status.

protonvpn-cli --update
Update protonvpn-cli.

protonvpn-cli --install
Install protonvpn-cli.

protonvpn-cli --uninstall
Uninstall protonvpn-cli.

protonvpn-cli --version
Display version.

protonvpn-cli --help
Show help message.

protonvpn-cli can also be used by typing pvpn, once installed.

Compatibility

  • Linux
  • macOS

License

protonvpn-cli is released under the MIT license.



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