Version 0.5.0 of HopFox VPN for Android, Windows, Linux and Mac adds a second protocol: AmneziaWG, WireGuard with obfuscation, on UDP port 443 in every location. On a good network it is usually faster than Reality and gives lower latency; where UDP is blocked, Reality remains the right choice and stays the default. Switch in Settings, Protocol. On the Mac, AmneziaWG is a real tunnel for the whole computer, not a system proxy; macOS asks for your password once to install the helper. Automatic choice between the two protocols is next.
HopFox VPN has grown from 3 locations to 12: Bulgaria (Sofia), Czechia (Prague), United States (Miami), Switzerland (Zurich), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Milan), Romania (Bucharest), Latvia (Riga) and Poland (Gdansk) joined Germany, the Netherlands and Greece. All of them are our own servers with VLESS Reality on port 443. The new locations are available with Premium; the apps show them right away, no update needed.
HopFox VPN 0.4.8 for Mac is on the download page: a DMG for Macs with Apple silicon, macOS 26 or newer. The app is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens without warnings: drag it to Applications and press Connect. It is the same engine as on the other platforms, Xray-core with VLESS Reality on port 443, and the app lives in the menu bar.
HopFox VPN 0.4.9 for Windows is signed: when the installer asks for administrator rights, Windows now shows a verified publisher instead of the warning about an unknown publisher. The app and the helper service are signed too. Nothing else changed in this version.
HopFox VPN 0.4.7 for Android adds buying Premium inside the app: open the Account tab, choose Monthly or Yearly and press Buy. Payment is by card on a secure Stripe page in your browser; Premium turns on within a minute on every device signed in with your account number.
Version 0.4.8 for Windows and Linux is out too. The apps now say it plainly: the VPN is free, Premium is optional, and every new installation starts with 30 days of Premium free. When the 30 days end, nothing is charged and the VPN keeps working free. The window now has a fixed size, starting HopFox VPN again opens the copy that is already running, and the Windows installer updates the app even while it is running.
You can now buy HopFox VPN Premium: €4.99 a month or €35.88 a year (€2.99 a month). Buy it from the Account tab in the app on Windows and Linux, version 0.4.5 or newer.
Payment is by card on a secure Stripe page; we never see your card details. Premium turns on within a minute on every device signed in with your account number. Premium renews automatically; change the card, cancel or download invoices from the same Account tab.
The iPhone and iPad app will use App Store purchases when it arrives.
HopFox VPN 0.4.4 for Windows and Linux lives in the system tray, the same way the Mac version lives in the menu bar.
The icon shows the state at a glance: an outline when you are not connected, a solid mark while connecting, the orange fox when you are protected. Right-click it for the menu: current location with the session time, Connect or Disconnect, a quick pick of five locations with latency (best, favorites, recent), Open HopFox VPN, Settings and Quit. Left-click opens the app.
Closing the window now hides it to the tray instead of quitting; the tunnel keeps running. Quit from the tray menu disconnects first. With Launch at login enabled, the app starts straight into the tray.
On Linux the icon needs a status-notifier host: KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon and MATE have one built in; on GNOME install the AppIndicator extension. Without it the app works as a normal window and closing it quits.
Both builds were tested end to end before publishing.
HopFox VPN 0.4.3 for Windows is on the download page: one installer for Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.
It is the same engine as on Android and Linux: Xray-core with VLESS Reality on port 443. The installer registers a small helper service that creates the tunnel, so every app on the computer goes through it, DNS included. The app asks for nothing: no account, no card, 30 days free, then Free mode.
The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen shows its usual warning for a new publisher: More info, then Run anyway. The SHA-256 checksum is on the download page. A signing certificate is in progress.
The Windows build was tested end to end before publishing: install, connect, switch locations, disconnect, uninstall, and the routes and DNS come back exactly as they were.
HopFox VPN 0.4.3 for Linux is on the download page: a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu and an AppImage for any distribution. 64-bit x86, Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04 or newer.
It is the same engine as on Android: Xray-core with VLESS Reality on port 443. A small helper service creates the tunnel, so every app on the computer goes through it, DNS included. The app itself asks for nothing: no account, no card, 30 days free, then Free mode.
The Linux build was tested end to end on Debian and Ubuntu before publishing: install, connect, switch locations, disconnect, and the routes and DNS come back exactly as they were.
hopfoxvpn.com now speaks ten languages. English stays at the main address; the others live in their own folders, for example hopfoxvpn.com/ru/ or hopfoxvpn.com/de/. The language switcher is in the header, next to your account.
Every page, the news included, is translated, and each language version is a real address of its own, so search engines can find the right one for you.
