strongSwan

Binary Packages

The simplest way to get strongSwan is to install the binary packages provided by your distribution. Our installation instructions provide links to common distributions and information for building strongSwan from sources.

Distribution Packages Packaging status

Sources

Current Release

Version: 6.1.0

strongswan-6.1.0.tar.bz2: 2026-09-07, size 4'620'545 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: c789d4f7389057b6c99860bf1e52ed1e
strongswan-6.1.0.tar.gz: 2026-09-07, size 7'754'634 bytes, pgp-signature,
md5: aae4b08b93c4a0cd0c1aad7b86531575

Changelog Test Results

Pre-Releases

Security Patches

Security patches are available for older releases. See our blog for corresponding advisories.

Signature Key

strongSwan releases and security patches are signed with the PGP key with keyid DF42C170B34DBA77.

Download mirrors / Older versions

Older releases can be found on our download mirrors:

download.strongswan.org codelabs GmbH
download2.strongswan.org strongSec GmbH

Try strongSwan via Docker

A docker image is available to easily try out strongSwan.

NetworkManager Plugin

strongSwan's NetworkManager plugin is available as binary package for several distributions (e.g. network-manager-strongswan on Debian/Ubuntu). For an introduction and how-to see our docs.