= 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 / last release'''=||= '''Support type''' =||= '''Next support type change''' =||= '''End of life''' =||= '''Notes''' =||
|| git master ||||||  N/A  || Under development || N/A || N/A || Development branch [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/master GitHub], [https://gitlab.com/openvpn/openvpn/ GitLab], [https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/openvpn/?source=navbar SourceForge.net] - will become a future major release  ||
|| 2.5.0 - 2.5.1 || Oct 27, 2020 || Feb 24, 2021 || || Full stable support || - || - || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.5 release/2.5 branch] Current stable release ||
|| 2.4.0 - 2.4.10 || Dec 26, 2016 ||-|| Dec 9, 2020 || Full stable support || May 2021 || May 2022 || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.4 release/2.4 branch] Current stable release, will move to old stable support next ||
|| 2.3.0 - 2.3.18 || Jan 2, 2013 ||-|| Sep 25, 2017 || git tree only || June 2021 || June 2021 || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.3 release/2.3 branch], last updated Sep 25, 2017, will move to unsupported next ||
|| 2.2.0 - 2.2.3 || Apr 21, 2011 ||-|| Nov 30, 2014 || unsupported || N/A || Nov 2015 || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.2 release/2.2 branch], last updated Sep 22, 2017 ||
|| 2.1.0 - 2.1.4 || Dec 11, 2009 ||-|| Nov 4, 2010  || unsupported || N/A || Nov 2011 || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.1 release/2.1 branch], 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  ||  [https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots yes]  ||  no  || N/A || N/A ||
||Full stable support ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  [https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots yes]  ||  [https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos yes]  || 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 || 2.4.10, 2.5.1 || Full stable support || ||
|| 8 / 8.1 || 2.4.10 || Full stable support || ||
|| 7 || 2.4.10 || Full stable support || ||
|| Vista || 2.4.4 || **Unsupported** || TAP Driver installation issue. ''YMMV'' ||
||  XP || 2.3.18 || Old stable support || OpenVPN 2.3.18 is supported, but Windows XP is generally considered 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 || 1.0.2 and newer (may change at any time) ||
|| 2.5 || 1.0.2 - 1.1 (and possibly newer) ||
|| 2.4 || 0.9.8 - 1.1 ||
|| 2.3 || 0.9.6 - 1.0.2 ||

== Sources for binary packages: ==
* [wiki:OpenvpnSoftwareRepos Debian/Ubuntu]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS/Scientific Linux is available via [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Fedora EPEL repositories]
* [https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html Windows]