About
Why we teach it instead of selling it.
What this page is
A free, no-strings guide and the source code to stand up your own WireGuard VPN — a server only you control. There's no product to buy here, no account to make, and no tunnel of ours to join. Take the guide and the code and go run your own.
Why we don't just run one for you
Two reasons. The practical one: we run a single WireGuard tunnel for our own company and don't have the bandwidth — or the appetite for the liability — to carry strangers' traffic. The real one: a VPN doesn't make your traffic private, it just moves who can see it from your ISP to whoever runs the server. Renting that trust to a company you can't inspect isn't much of an upgrade. The honest move is to hand you the tools so the person you're trusting is you. Don't fully trust anyone else's VPN — ours included.
What a VPN is — and isn't
- It swaps one observer (your ISP or the local Wi-Fi) for one you choose (your server). Sites you visit see the server's IP, not yours.
- It is not anonymity. It doesn't hide you from sites you log into, from browser fingerprinting, or from anyone who can inspect your device. For anonymity, use Tor.
- It is not a way to make illegal activity safe. On your own server, you carry the exit — you're responsible for what leaves it.
What it's good for
- Hostile public networks (hotel Wi-Fi, conferences, airports).
- Keeping your ISP from logging every site you visit.
- A stable IP on the open internet for services that allowlist specific addresses.
- Routing around a geo-fence (sometimes against the destination site's ToS — your call).
The architecture, in two lines
A WireGuard server runs on a box you rent or own, with a public IP.
Your devices connect inbound to your.server.ip:51820;
outbound traffic is masqueraded (NAT'd) out through the server's
connection. That's the entire design the guide
walks you through — no moving parts we didn't show you.
Open source you can audit yourself
WireGuard kernel module and tools: wireguard.com. The two setup scripts and the config templates that wire it together are printed in full on the code page — read every line before you run it.