Dev tools · September 30, 2023
VPNStatus
Replacement for the macOS built-in VPN status menu
VPNStatus launched on September 30, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,645 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
VPNStatus is a replacement for the macOS built-in VPN status menu: - connect to a VPN service - possibility to auto-connect to a VPN service if the application is running - Completely free with the source code transparently available
VPNStatus, a replacement for macOS builtin VPN Status - Releases · Timac/VPNStatus
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