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6/18/2026
A complete tour of Qeli: a self-hosted, post-quantum VPN in Rust

A complete tour of Qeli: a self-hosted, post-quantum VPN in Rust

Short summary

Qeli is an open-source, self-hosted VPN written in Rust with post-quantum cryptography and built-in user management. It runs on your own server with per-user controls, multiple transport options, and a web admin panel. Currently at version 0.7.1 beta; the creator welcomes feedback before the 1.0 stable release.

  • Post-quantum cryptography by default (hybrid X25519 + ML-KEM-768) protects against harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks
  • Fully self-hosted with built-in management: per-user accounts, bandwidth limits, device tracking, and web panel
  • Multiple transport options (plain, fake-tls, obfs, reality, reality-tls, quic) and native clients for all major platforms

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