Installation

Install AmneziaWG
when the stores are blocked.

In some countries, the App Store, Google Play and the Amnezia website are blocked or do not show the app. This is the case in China and in Russia. Here is how to install AmneziaWG anyway. Once is enough: when the app is installed, your tunnel works.

Download it here Questions

From our own server

Download it here.

These files are the official Amnezia installers, copied as they are from their releases. We change nothing in them. Each file carries its fingerprint: you can check that it is identical to the original.

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iPhone, iPad

No file can help here: Apple allows no installation outside the App Store. The solution is to go through the App Store of another country.

See how, in four steps
  1. Create an Apple account set to another country, for example the United States, Hong Kong or Japan, without any payment method.
  2. In the App Store, tap your photo, sign out, and sign in with that account. Do not sign out of iCloud in Settings: your photos and data stay untouched.
  3. Install AmneziaWG.
  4. Go back to your usual account. The app stays installed and works.

For an update, you will need to go through that account again.

Public source code of the apps: Android, Windows, AmneziaVPN.

Step by step

Your questions.

Why does the download fail for me?

Some states ask the stores to remove or hide VPN apps. The Chinese App Store offers none, and Google Play is blocked in China. In Russia, Apple hides AmneziaVPN, and the Amnezia website is blocked. The problem comes from the store, not from the app: once installed, it works normally.

Are these files safe?

They are the files published by Amnezia, without any change. Our server downloads them from the official releases and keeps them only if their fingerprint matches the one Amnezia publishes. A fingerprint is a string of letters and digits computed from the file: if a single byte changes, it changes entirely.

How do I check the fingerprint?

It is optional, but it is the best proof.

  • On Windows, open PowerShell in the file's folder and type Get-FileHash file-name.msi
  • On Mac or Linux, open the Terminal and type shasum -a 256 file-name

Compare the result with the fingerprint shown under the file. It must be identical to the one in the Amnezia release on GitHub.

On Android, how do I install the file?
  1. Tap the Android button above. The file downloads.
  2. Open it from the notification or from the Files app.
  3. Android asks you to allow installation from this source: accept, this once.
  4. Install, then open AmneziaWG and import your configuration as usual.

Once AmneziaWG is installed, you can withdraw the permission in the settings.

On iPhone and iPad?

Apple allows no installation outside the App Store, so no file can help you. The solution is to use the App Store of another country:

  1. Create an Apple account set to another country, for example the United States, Hong Kong or Japan, without any payment method.
  2. In the App Store, tap your photo, sign out, and sign in with that account. Do not sign out of iCloud in Settings: your photos and data stay untouched.
  3. Install AmneziaWG.
  4. Go back to your usual account. The app stays installed and works.

For an update, you will need to go through that account again.

On Mac?

On Mac, AmneziaWG only exists in the App Store. Two solutions: use the App Store of another country, as on iPhone, or install AmneziaVPN, the full Amnezia app, whose file is above. AmneziaVPN reads the same configuration file as the one in your customer account.

And if nodecove.net is blocked too?
  • Our site can also be reached through Tor, at the .onion address shown on the Access via Tor page, with the same files.
  • Someone you trust abroad can download the file and send it to you through a messaging app. Then check its fingerprint: it proves the file was not changed on the way.
  • The safest remains to install before you need it.
I am going to China or Russia: what should I do before leaving?
  1. Install AmneziaWG on every device you take with you.
  2. Import your configuration and test the connection once.
  3. Keep the installation files on a USB stick or on your computer, just in case.
  4. Write down the NodeCove .onion address.

Also find out about the rules of the country you are going to: the use of a VPN is regulated there.

How do I update the app afterwards?

Come back to this page: we follow the Amnezia releases, and the update date is shown under the list of files. On Android and Windows, install the new version over the old one, your configuration is kept. On iPhone and Mac, go through the App Store of the other country.