# Wireguard

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wireguard
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wireguard.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wireguard/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://wireguard.com
- **Slug:** wireguard
- **Categories:** cybersecurity

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Extremely simple to configure and deploy, high performance due to in-kernel operation and high-speed cryptographic primitives, state-of-the-art cryptography (e.g., Noise protocol framework, Curve25519, ChaCha20, Poly1305, BLAKE2), minimal attack surface designed for ease of auditing, built-in roaming, and flexible cryptokey routing.
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPsec, while avoiding the massive headache. It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN. Designed as a general-purpose VPN for running on embedded interfaces and supercomputers alike, it is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, BSD, iOS, Android) and widely deployable.
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:** WireGuard VPN tunnel software and protocol for secure network encapsulation.
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Open-source, free (kernel components GPLv2; other projects MIT, BSD, Apache 2.0, or GPL).
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Developers, system administrators, and organizations requiring a fast, secure, simple, and high-performance VPN solution across various platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, BSD, iOS, Android), including embedded devices, supercomputers, and containerized environments.
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - IPsec
  - OpenVPN
Source: Brand's website (https://wireguard.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.