Best-maintained VPNs for Windows
15 of the 28 providers we track ship a Windows client. Ranked by how recently and how consistently that specific app gets released — not by the provider's overall index.
| # | VPN | Version | Last release | Releases / yr | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windscribe | 2.25.4-alpha | 7 days ago | 40 | Actively updated |
| 2 | NordVPN | 8.13.1.0 | 12 days ago | 26 | Actively updated |
| 3 | Surfshark | 6.20.0.999 | 13 days ago | 20 | Actively updated |
| 4 | IPVanish | 5.1.2.1520 | today | 8 | Actively updated |
| 5 | Proton VPN | 5.1.8 | 43 days ago | 13 | Actively updated |
| 6 | TunnelBear | 4.20.0.0 | 16 days ago | 6 | Actively updated |
| 7 | IVPN | 3.15.15-pre20261008 | 13 days ago | 5 | Actively updated |
| 8 | Private Internet Access | 290.3.8 | 6 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 9 | ExpressVPN | 14.3.1+15429 | 29 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 10 | Mullvad | 2026.4 | 55 days ago | 6 | Slowing down |
| 11 | AirVPN | 2.26.2 | 53 days ago | 1 | Slowing down |
| 12 | CyberGhost | 8.4.15.14706 | 3 months ago | 3 | Slowing down |
| 13 | HMA VPN | 26.4.12238.16082 | 6 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 14 | VyprVPN | 5.2.3 | over a year ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
| 15 | TorGuard | 4.8.28 | over 2 years ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
No tracked Windows release source for: Hotspot Shield, PureVPN, Norton VPN, Trust.Zone, hide.me, Bitdefender VPN, ZoogVPN, PrivateVPN, StrongVPN, FastestVPN, Astrill, OVPN, Ivacy. That means we could not confirm an identifier, not necessarily that the app does not exist — see known gaps.