Nym VPN v2026.12.0-beta.3 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
- Changed UI for Server Details screen (#5922)
- Changed UI for Server List screen (#5922)
- Changed Mixnet tuning appearance in Settings (#5958)
- Update UI and sections for Mixnet Tuning screen (#5958)
Fixed
- Fix auto-connect getting stuck after boot (#5924)
- Fix Search across favorites (#5958)
- Fix for Geo Exclusion UI (#5958)
📦 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.3-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.3-prerelease.apk" | grep SHA-256