Is lantern still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release 7.9.9, 6 days ago.

Widely used. 17k stars, 15 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to set up lantern (getlantern/lantern) · gitmanual

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getlantern/lantern

Open-source VPN for speed, privacy, and censorship circumvention. Free to download on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

GoFlutter#accelerator#censorship#circumvention#gfw

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 16,737
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release 7.9.9, 6 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used17k stars, 15 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Saved setup from 6 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Go, Flutter.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

5 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

Needs Git: xcode-select --install

git clone https://github.com/getlantern/lantern.git
cd lantern

2
Install the required runtimes
Go 1.26.10, Flutter ^3.11.0
```
brew install go
brew install --cask flutter
```
3
Install dependencies
```
go mod download
flutter pub get
```
4
Run it
```
flutter run
```
5
Run the tests
```
go test ./...
flutter test
```

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Parts list

1×Go 1.26.10runtime
1×Flutter ^3.11.0runtime

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Good to know

Run flutter doctor first: it lists what's missing for each target (Xcode for iOS/macOS, Android Studio for Android, Visual Studio for Windows).
Dockerfile available (base image: ubuntu:latest).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: android/app/cpp/CMakeLists.txt, linux/CMakeLists.txt, linux/flutter/CMakeLists.txt, linux/runner/CMakeLists.txt and 4 more

Details

License: GPL-3.0
Open issues: 33
Branch: main

Files we read (11)

.github/workflows/android-compile-check.yml

.github/workflows/app-smoke-tests.yml

.github/workflows/build-android.yml

.github/workflows/build-auto-update-fixtures.yml

.github/workflows/build-ios.yml

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

Dockerfile

Makefile

README.md

go.mod

pubspec.yaml

1,451 files in the repo

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Yes, it runs on macOS

5 steps on macOS

Clone the repository

Install the required runtimes

Install dependencies

Run it

Run the tests

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