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Windscribe

Name: Windscribe
Author: Windscribe

Fast VPN for privacy, encrypted connections, and unlimited access.

Free, with trade-offs
Windows and Android
Open source
No account

Ad-supported exit link (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds before the official website. Direct link to the website, no intermediate page

Download for Android (F-Droid)

Link to the official download page, ad-supported (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds. Direct link to the download

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Geographic availability: No geographic restriction found in our sources; availability is not checked country by country.

Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager), F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: Windows and AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid · Windows: Winget
Publisher: Windscribe
Latest version: 4.3 (3 September 2026)
Latest activity: 3 September 2026
Source code: github.com/Windscribe/Android-App

Overview

Features described in its Winget manifest: ad and tracker blocking.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Windscribe encrypts your browsing activity, blocks ads, and unblocks entertainment content” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“P2P support for secure file sharing without throttling.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“AES-256 encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy to secure every packet.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Windscribe is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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