Eddie
Eddie is a free, open-source VPN client and wrapper for OpenVPN and WireGuard that integrates with the AirVPN service but can be used with any compatible VPN provider. It offers a user-friendly interface with advanced features including censorship counter-measures like tunnel over SSH/SSL, direct Tor integration, network lock and leak prevention, customizable DNS and routing options, and event-triggered actions. The app is available for Windows, macOS, Android and Linux, and includes both a GUI and command-line edition (eddie-cli). Eddie is maintained by the AirVPN team and distributed free under the GPLv3 open-source license.
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1 suggestionEddie is currently available as a hybrid build: the core VPN components (service, OpenVPN, Hummingbird) are native Apple Silicon, but the user interface runs under Rosetta 2 as x64 code. The AirVPN team has acknowledged this is temporary and working towards a fully native build once their UI framework (Visual Studio / Xamarin) becomes natively available for Apple Silicon. For now, download the latest stable version (2.24.6, released January 2025) from airvpn.org/macos/eddie — it will launch and function on your M-series Mac, though the UI layer will incur a small performance penalty from running under Rosetta. If you prefer a fully native VPN solution today, AirVPN also maintains Hummingbird, a command-line VPN client that runs entirely in native Apple Silicon with significantly better performance than OpenVPN, though it requires comfort with the terminal.
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