dsvpn mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• dsvpn

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in July 2019, and the first public release, 0.1.0, followed later that month. The README explains the author's motivation: needing a VPN that worked where only TCP ports such as 80 or 443 were open, while avoiding the setup complexity or protocol tradeoffs of OpenVPN, WireGuard over UDP, sshuttle, GloryTun, and related tools.

The project is explicit about its ceiling: it solves the author's simple use case, promises no guarantees, and does not plan broad feature expansion. That design stance is part of its history; DSVPN is intentionally a small readable C codebase rather than a general VPN platform.

Adoptionsgeschichte

DSVPN is distributed through GitHub releases and Homebrew, with other package-manager metadata in the input showing availability in Nix and openSUSE-style zypper packaging. Homebrew packages release 0.1.5 from the GitHub tag.

The README records a small ecosystem around it: an iOS client, systemd service files, an Ansible role, OpenMPTCProuter support, and a Docker image. Those related projects are stronger evidence of practical use than raw package analytics, which are modest in Homebrew.

Wie es verwendet wird

Usage starts by creating a 32-byte shared secret with `dd`, copying it to both ends, then running `dsvpn server` on the server and `dsvpn client` on the client. Optional arguments cover port, tunnel interface, tunnel IPs, external IP, and gateway IP, with `auto` defaults for the simple path.

The README emphasizes no configuration file and no post-configuration; the secret key has a user-chosen path, so there is no stable credential-file location for metadata purposes.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

DSVPN is package-nerd catnip because it is the anti-platform VPN package: a tiny command, small source tree, no external dependencies, no daemon ecosystem, and enough crypto seriousness to avoid feeling like a toy.

It also captures a recurring package-manager need: a tool users can install quickly on constrained servers or routers when the usual VPN stack is too much for the immediate network problem.

Zeitleiste

• 2019-07: The DSVPN GitHub repository is created.
• 2019-07: GitHub releases publish 0.1.0.
• 2019-08: Releases 0.1.1 through 0.1.3 follow quickly.
• 2019-12: Release 0.1.4 is published.
• 2025-12: Release 0.1.5 is published and packaged by Homebrew.

Related projects

• dsvpn-ios is named by the README as an iOS client.
• Charm is named by the README as the standalone project for DSVPN's cryptographic primitives.
• WireGuard, GloryTun, VTUN-libsodium, OpenVPN, and sshuttle are named by the README as alternatives or comparisons.

Quellen

• https://github.com/jedisct1/dsvpn
• https://api.github.com/repos/jedisct1/dsvpn
• https://api.github.com/repos/jedisct1/dsvpn/releases
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/dsvpn.json