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WG Tunnel Desktop v2

· 2 min read
Zane Schepke
Zane Schepke
Creator and Maintainer

WG Tunnel v2 is now available for desktop!

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Install 2.0.2 or later, not 2.0.1 or 2.0.0. Those earlier releases had some real issues, and I jumped the gun a bit and should have done more testing before putting them out. 😅

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On Windows, v2 requires uninstalling v1 first. The installer switched from MSIX to NSIS (.exe), and the two can't coexist.

What's New​

  • Native executable. The app is compiled to a native executable instead of running as a bundled-JVM Java app. That means faster startup and lower memory usage for both the GUI and the daemon/service. Daemon memory usage in particular came up a lot in feedback, and it's now cut by more than half in most cases. The GUI sees a similar improvement.
  • Most of the Android feature set, ported. Desktop now shares a core backend with Android, which brings over AmneziaWG 3.1 support, Proxy mode, Dynamic DNS recovery, IPv6, Split DNS, and more.
  • Auto-tunneling, in a slightly simpler form than Android's.
  • Native Wayland support on Linux, with automatic X11 fallback.

Installation​

Windows: for now, install via the release .exe. Scoop, WinGet, and Chocolatey are submitted and going through review.

Linux: the AUR is updated, and the app is newly available on COPR for Fedora. For Debian/Ubuntu, the apt repository has changed, so if you're already using it you'll need to re-add it. The tarball install (with its own install/uninstall scripts) is still available too.

See the Download page for full, up-to-date install instructions for every platform.

Feedback​

This was a massive change, so I'm sure there will be bugs. I look forward to any and all feedback.

Thank you for your continued support of this project.

Zane

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