The developer of the PiVPN toolkit for quickly setting up a VPN server based on the Raspberry Pi board has announced the release of version 4.6, which summarizes 8 years of the project's existence. After the release, the repository has been moved to an archived mode, and the author has declared a complete cessation of project maintenance.
The reason mentioned is a loss of interest in development, feeling that the project has fulfilled its mission and has lost relevance in modern realities, as other tools have emerged that solve the problem better. The maintainer of PiVPN also stated that he does not intend to transfer rights to anyone willing to take over development due to the lack of trustworthy candidates and the feeling that he has no right to decide whom to hand over the project. Those wishing to continue the development of PiVPN can create a fork and develop it under another name.
PiVPN provides a set of scripts to simplify the creation of VPN-servers based on Raspberry Pi boards, allowing operation through a home network when connecting through untrustworthy communication channels (for example, when connecting to public wireless networks). It supports the creation of VPNs using OpenVPN and WireGuard in Raspbian, RaspberryPi OS, Ubuntu Server, DietPi, or Alpine Linux environments. It was intended that using PiVPN, any user without technical skills could quickly create a VPN server with optimal security settings by running a single command, and subsequently use the command-line utility pivpn to add, remove, and view clients.
Source: opennet.ru
