# IVPN

14 Hacker News commenters recommended IVPN and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its transparency, open-source clients and values closely aligned with Mullvad's, and it has worked behind China's firewall.

## Why people recommend it

- Trusted and well-regarded in privacy community (6 comments): "Mullvad, IVPN and Proton VPN are all trusted so choosing depends on your priorities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985829)) "to a place of high-trust, ideally a trustworthy VPN like Mullvad, IVPN, or Proton." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144195)) "I would never trust anything other than Mullvad/IVPN/ProtonVPN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46285474))
- Values closely aligned with Mullvad (3 comments): "Since those conversations I've always thought that IVPN is closest aligned with Mullvad's values." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48726484)) "IVPN is very similar kind of focus and branding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027495)) "IVPN is the most similar to Mullvad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323102))
- Transparent company and open clients (2 comments): "IVPN bought me with very deep transparency into company and WRT support, on top of Linux and Android." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262382)) "Clients are all open source, really configurable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730915))
- Used to get past censorship (2 comments): "Use a VPN, perhaps Mullvad or IVPN to appear to sites as if you are from a freer country (or state)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673448)) "all worked when I was in China behind GFW" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258923))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mullvad VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mullvad-vpn.md): 255 recommend
- [Proton VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-vpn.md): 63 recommend
- [iCloud Private Relay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-private-relay.md): 26 recommend
- [Cloudflare WARP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-warp.md): 18 recommend
- [Firefox VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-built-in-vpn.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ivpn.net/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "IVPN", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ivpn/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).