Nym VPN v2026.12.0-beta.1 application and core binaries.
🚀 What's New
🛠️ Core Changes
Added
- [CLI] Add short option
-lfornym-vpnc status --listen(#5839) - Recents manager for storing successful gateway connections (#5903)
- Favorites manager for storing UI favorites (#5914)
- Geo-Exclusion now supports Russia (#5917)
Changed
- While in Connected state swap internal resolver to use custom DNS (via system resolver). (#5674)
Fixed
- Ad-blocker and nym-socks5-proxy files are no longer stored in the network directory. (#5826)
- Improve behavior of forwarding resolver by not sending empty response when hostname resolution fails. Instead simulate timeout to let clients retry more aggressively. (#5832)
- When no VPN tunnel is active the geo-exclusion feature rejects non-excluded traffic. (#5872)
🤖 Android Changes
Added
Changed
📦 Core Components Overview
nym-vpnd: Background daemon service managed via the UI app or CLI.nym-vpnc: Command-line interface (CLI) to control the daemon (nym-vpnd).nym-socks5-proxy: SOCKS5 proxy handling geo-exclusion routing.nym-diagnostic: System information and network troubleshooting tool.nym-setup: macOS helper tool for system service configuration.
💾 Downloads & Assets
🤖 Android
nym-vpn-fdroid-2026.12.0-beta.1-prerelease.apk: Android App (F-Droid Build)
How to verify the build fingerprint?
Signing Certificate SHA-256 Fingerprint (4096-bit):
3c98a016aa4f14a3ba185c764ed363415cf7ff3c3d328a87ffff2ff1b140ff06
Verification Steps:
To verify the build fingerprint on your system, run:
apksigner verify --print-certs "nym-vpn-fdroid-2026.12.0-beta.1-prerelease.apk" | grep SHA-256🐧 Linux
- Desktop App
nym-vpn-app_2026.12.0-beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN app, debian package (x86_64)nym-vpn-app_2026.12.0-beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN app, debian package (arm64)NymVPN_2026.12.0-beta.1_amd64.AppImage: Nym VPN app, AppImage (x86_64)NymVPN_2026.12.0-beta.1_aarch64.AppImage: Nym VPN app, AppImage (arm64)
- CLI & Daemon
nym-vpnd_2026.12.0~beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN daemon, debian package (x86_64)nym-vpnd_2026.12.0~beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN daemon, debian package (arm64)nym-vpnc_2026.12.0~beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN command-line tool, debian package (x86_64)nym-vpnc_2026.12.0~beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN command-line tool, debian package (arm64)
🍎 macOS
NymVPN-2026.12.0-beta.1.pkg: Desktop App Installernym-vpnc-2026.12.0-beta.1.pkg: Command-Line Tool Installer
🪟 Windows
NymVPN_2026.12.0-beta.1_x64-setup.exe: Desktop App Installer (x64)NymVPN_2026.12.0-beta.1_arm64-setup.exe: Desktop App Installer (arm64)