Passepartout for Android
The first time I announced an Android release was towards the end of 2025, with a smoke test dating even earlier. Passepartout for Android became a reality two months ago, when I launched a small private beta. If you’re interested in testing it, send an email to beta@passepartoutvpn.app. The new, still basic app should launch on the Google Play Store in September or October, but it needs responsible testers first.
Faster OpenVPN
While working on the Android app, I rewrote the networking layer backing the OpenVPN implementation of Partout. This was part of a much bigger rewrite that will be activated in the upcoming months, but the results in OpenVPN were already impressive. Even more on Android!
Users would hardly notice changes during daily usage, but a simple speed test in Passepartout should reveal significantly higher speeds than the official apps like OpenVPN Connect, especially on fast connections. Give it a try, I’m curious.
Issues with profiles
I found the time to address some long-standing issues with Apple profiles. All apps now use the keychain as the source of truth for profile storage, which is both fast and reliable. The first effect is improved performance, synchronization, and deduplication. The second one is that Mac profiles finally behave as expected: they survive account switches, and App Store and .dmg profiles don’t overwrite each other.
Providers will be discontinued soon
As mentioned in the past, and several times, provider modules will be discontinued, and it’s a decision I won’t back off from. Providers add great complexity, don’t work as I wish, therefore I don’t feel like charging for the feature. Given the lack of energy and motivation to improve it, I’d rather drop the feature and maybe reintroduce it in the future, properly designed.
Today, the users of Passepartout have proved to have other priorities, like self-hosting, privacy, and new platforms. I want to focus entirely on that demand.