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This Version of ProtonVPN-CLI has been deprecated and is no longer maintained by the ProtonVPN Team.

It is superseded by Version 2.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.