# Community Supported OpenVPN Versions This page documents our currently existing community OpenVPN versions and branches, and our support plans for each. ## Current releases and support categorization |**Version**|**First release **|**last release**|**Support type**|**Next support type change**|**End of life**|**Notes**| |-|-|-|-|-|-| | git master | N/A | N/A | Under development | N/A | N/A | Development branch [GitHub](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/master), [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/openvpn/openvpn/), [SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/openvpn/?source=navbar) - will become a future major release | | 2.7.0 - | Feb 11, 2026 | - | Full stable support | - | - | [release/2.7 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.7) Current stable release | | 2.6.0 - 2.6.22 | Jan 25, 2023 | Aug 5, 2026 | Old stable support | August 2027 | August 2028 | [release/2.6 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.6) Previous stable release | | 2.5.0 - 2.5.11 | Oct 27, 2020 | July 18, 2024 | unsupported | - | July 2025 | [release/2.5 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.5), last updated Aug 5, 2026 | | 2.4.0 - 2.4.12 | Dec 26, 2016 | Mar 17, 2022 | unsupported | - | March 2023 | [release/2.4 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.4), last updated Apr 26, 2023 | | 2.3.0 - 2.3.18 | Jan 2, 2013 | Sep 25, 2017 | unsupported | - | June 2021 | [release/2.3 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.3), last updated Sep 25, 2017 | | 2.2.0 - 2.2.3 | Apr 21, 2011 | Nov 30, 2014 | unsupported | - | Nov 2015 | [release/2.2 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.2), last updated Sep 22, 2017 | | 2.1.0 - 2.1.4 | Dec 11, 2009 | Nov 4, 2010 | unsupported | - | Nov 2011 | [release/2.1 branch](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.1), last updated Sep 22, 2017 | ## Support categories OpenVPN have a various levels of upstream support, categorized by release types. |**Release type**|**Versioned release**|**git updates**|**source tarball release**|**Windows releases**|**Windows snapshots**|**Other repositories**|**Support level**|**Support life cycle**| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| |Under development ("bleeding edge") | no | yes | no | no | [yes](https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots) | no | N/A | N/A | |Full stable support | yes | yes | yes | yes | [yes](https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots) | [yes](https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos) | Full security and bug fix support | Minimum 6 months after next major release | |Old stable support | yes | yes | yes | no | best effort | no | Security and critical bug fix support. Other bug fixes may be delivered as appropriate. | Minimum 12 months | |git tree only | no | yes | no | no | no | no | Critical security updates only | Minimum 12 months | |Unsupported | no | no | no | no | no | no | No support, upgrade to a newer release ASAP | The current stable release will always be in the *Full stable support* release type. The previous major release will remain in *Full stable support* for at least 6 months after a new major version is out. After that it is moved to *Old stable support*. The *Old stable support* will continue for at least 12 months. After that the release is moved to *git tree only* mode. The *git tree only* release type will also get updates for at least 12 months, but each security incident is evaluated independently. After this phase the release will not be supported at all. ## Supported Windows versions |**Windows version**|**Latest OpenVPN release**|**Release type**|**Notes**| |-|-|-|-| | 10 / 11 | 2.5.10, 2.6.0 | Full stable support | | | 8 / 8.1 | 2.4.12 | **Unsupported** | newer versions might still install but are not officially supported anymore | | 7 | 2.4.12 | **Unsupported** | newer versions still install (verified with 2.6.0) but are not officially supported anymore | | Vista | 2.4.4 | **Unsupported** | TAP Driver installation issue. *YMMV* | | XP | 2.3.18 | **Unsupported** | | | 2000 / 98 / 95 | 2.2.3 | **Unsupported** | These Windows versions are considered to be irresponsible to be used for VPNs | ## Suppported OpenSSL versions |**OpenVPN version**|**Supported OpenSSL versions**| |-|-| | git master | 1.1.0 and newer (may change at any time) | | 2.7 | 1.1.0 - 4.1 (and possibly newer) | | 2.6 | 1.0.2 - 3.0 (and possibly newer) | | 2.5 | 1.0.2 - 1.1 (and possibly newer), basic 3.0 support has been added in 2.5.8 | | 2.4 | 0.9.8 - 1.1 | | 2.3 | 0.9.6 - 1.0.2 | ## Sources for binary packages: * [Fedora/RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu](/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos) * [Windows](https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/)