Update module github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter to v1

* Update golangci/golangci-lint-action action to v9

* Bump golangci-lint to 2.6.2

* Refactor to pass golangcli-lint

* Fix tests

---------

Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Dave Gallant <dave.gallant@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dave Gallant <davegallant@proton.me>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-- package-ecosystem: gomod
-  directory: "/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: daily
-    time: "10:00"
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -4,19 +4,22 @@ on:
     tags:
       - v*
     branches:
-      - master
       - main
   pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 jobs:
   validate:
     name: validate
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.29
+          go-version: 1.25
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
+        with:
+          version: v2.6.2
       - name: test
         run: make test

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -11,19 +11,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       -
         name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16
+          go-version: "1.25"
       -
         name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
         with:
-          version: latest
-          args: release --rm-dist
+          version: '~> v2'
+          args: release --clean
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CGO_ENABLED: 0

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-dist/
+dist
+
+.vscode

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=jcroql
+version: 2
+
 before:
   hooks:
     - go mod tidy
     - go get -v
     - rm -rf dist
 builds:
--
-  env:
-    - CGO_ENABLED=0
-  ldflags:
-    - -s -w
-  goos:
-    - darwin
-    - linux
-  goarch:
-    - amd64
-    - arm
-    - arm64
-archives:
-- replacements:
-    darwin: Darwin
-    linux: Linux
-    amd64: x86_64
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - darwin
+      - windows
+    goarch:
+      - "386"
+      - amd64
+      - arm
+      - arm64
+    goarm:
+      - "7"
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w
+    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
 checksum:
-  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+  name_template: "checksums.txt"
 snapshot:
   name_template: "{{ .Tag }}"
 changelog:
   sort: asc
+  use: github
   filters:
     exclude:
-    - '^docs:'
-    - '^test:'
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"
 release:
   github:
     owner: davegallant
@@ -38,12 +42,12 @@ release:
 
 # Check https://goreleaser.com/customization/homebrew/
 brews:
-  - homepage: 'https://github.com/davegallant/homebrew-public'
-    description: 'a client for vpngate.net'
-    folder: Formula
+  - homepage: "https://github.com/davegallant/homebrew-public"
+    description: "a client for vpngate.net"
+    directory: Formula
     commit_author:
       name: davegallant
       email: davegallant@gmail.com
-    tap:
+    repository:
       owner: davegallant
       name: homebrew-public

Makefile

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 BIN ?= dist/vpngate
 
+export CGO_ENABLED := 0
+
 build: ## Builds the binary
 	go build -o $(BIN)
 .PHONY: build
 
 test: ## Run unit tests
-	go get github.com/rakyll/gotest@v0.0.5
-	gotest -v ./...
+	go test -v ./...
 .PHONY: test
 
 lint: ## Run lint
-	go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.27.0
+	@go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.6.2
 	golangci-lint run

README.md

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 This is a client for [vpngate.net](https://www.vpngate.net/).
 
-![vpngate](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4519234/104145615-b6f9f880-5395-11eb-812c-c6597a7aed0f.gif)
+![vpngate](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dafa2702-8d68-4b5f-badb-2c53ddd68991)
 
 This client fetches the list of available relay servers provided by vpngate.net, and allows you to filter and connect to a server of your liking.
 
-You can check out your current IP address and region at https://nordvpn.com/what-is-my-ip/, or simply run the following command in a terminal:
+You can check out your current IP address and region at <https://ipinfo.io/json>, or run the following:
 
 ```shell
 curl ipinfo.io
@@ -14,28 +14,34 @@ curl ipinfo.io
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- [openvpn](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn)
-- macOS or Linux
+- OpenVPN
+- macOS, Linux, or Windows
 
 ## Install
 
-The simplest method of installation is using homebrew. You can also build from source.
+You can install vpngate in a few different ways, and it will differ slightly depending on your OS.
 
-### from homebrew
+### Homebrew (macOS and linux)
 
-vpngate can be installed with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
+vpngate can be installed with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) (if on macOS, ensure that xcode is installed before installing homebrew by running `xcode-select --install`).
 
 ```shell
-# Ensure that Xcode is installed
-sudo xcode-select --install
-
-# OpenVPN is required
-brew install openvpn
-
-brew install davegallant/public/vpngate
+brew install openvpn davegallant/public/vpngate
 ```
 
-### from source
+### Windows
+
+On Windows, install OpenVPN from the [official website](https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/).
+
+As there is no installer at the moment, you will need to download and extract the Windows release from the relevant Github release.
+
+Once the release is extracted, open Command Prompt *as Administrator*, and run vpngate.exe from the location where it was extracted.
+
+<img width="278" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fb47270d-82bb-4790-833a-377b874c8104">
+
+<img width="565" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/42287904-6c00-48d1-bff3-9757cf250519">
+
+### Build from source
 
 Ensure that [go](https://golang.org/doc/install) is installed.
 
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ source ~/.profile
 
 ## Usage
 
+> If on macOS, you may need to add openvpn to your PATH (if you installed it with brew): `export PATH=$(brew --prefix openvpn)/sbin:$PATH`
+
 ### List available servers
 
 ```shell
@@ -60,28 +68,12 @@ vpngate list
 
 ### Connect to a server
 
-On macOS, `openvpn` may not be within your PATH. To fix this, run:
-
-```shell
-export PATH=$(brew --prefix openvpn)/sbin:$PATH
-```
-
-The above command can also be added to a bash/zsh profile for future use.
-
 Because openvpn creates a network interface, run the connect command with `sudo` or a user with escalated privileges.
 
 ```shell
 sudo vpngate connect
 ```
 
-#### Random
-
-If the country doesn't matter, a random server can be selected:
-
-```shell
-sudo vpngate connect --random
-```
-
 #### Reconnect
 
 To continually attempt to reconnect (this can be combined with `--random`):
@@ -90,6 +82,36 @@ To continually attempt to reconnect (this can be combined with `--random`):
 sudo vpngate connect --reconnect
 ```
 
+#### Random
+
+If the country doesn't matter, a random server can be selected:
+
+```shell
+sudo vpngate connect --random
+```
+
+#### Proxy
+
+In some cases, anonymity is necessary to populate the list of available VPN servers.
+
+A proxy is a way to bypass restrictions and in some cases, internet censorship.
+
+##### HTTP/HTTPS
+
+Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy to fetch the server list.
+
+```shell
+sudo vpngate connect --proxy "http://localhost:8080"
+```
+
+##### SOCKS5
+
+Use the specified SOCKS5 proxy to fetch the server list.
+
+```shell
+sudo vpngate connect --socks5 "127.0.0.1:1080"
+```
+
 ## Notes
 
 - I do not maintain any of the servers on vpngate.net (connect to these servers at your own discretion)

cmd/connect.go

@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"time"
-
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -17,26 +14,31 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var flagRandom bool
-var flagReconnect bool
+var (
+	flagRandom      bool
+	flagReconnect   bool
+	flagProxy       string
+	flagSocks5Proxy string
+)
 
 func init() {
 	connectCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flagRandom, "random", "r", false, "connect to a random server")
 	connectCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flagReconnect, "reconnect", "t", false, "continually attempt to connect to the server")
+	connectCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flagProxy, "proxy", "p", "", "provide a http/https proxy server to make requests through (i.e. http://127.0.0.1:8080)")
+	connectCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flagSocks5Proxy, "socks5", "s", "", "provide a socks5 proxy server to make requests through (i.e. 127.0.0.1:1080)")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(connectCmd)
 }
 
 var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "connect",
+	Use: "connect",
+
 	Short: "Connect to a vpn server (survey selection appears if hostname is not provided)",
 	Long:  `Connect to a vpn from a list of relay servers`,
 	Args:  cobra.RangeArgs(0, 1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-
-		vpnServers, err := vpn.GetList()
-
+		vpnServers, err := vpn.GetList(flagProxy, flagSocks5Proxy)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+			log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
@@ -82,29 +84,28 @@ var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 			if flagRandom {
 				// Select a random server
-				rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 				serverSelected = (*vpnServers)[rand.Intn(len(*vpnServers))]
 			}
 
 			decodedConfig, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(serverSelected.OpenVpnConfigData)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
-			tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "vpngate-openvpn-config-")
+			tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "vpngate-openvpn-config-")
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
 			if _, err := tmpfile.Write(decodedConfig); err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
 			if err := tmpfile.Close(); err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
@@ -113,13 +114,16 @@ var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			err = vpn.Connect(tmpfile.Name())
 
 			if err != nil && !flagReconnect {
-				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 				os.Exit(1)
 			} else {
-				os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+				err = os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+				if err !=  nil {
+					log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
+					os.Exit(1)
+				}
 			}
 
 		}
-
 	},
 }

cmd/list.go

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
 	"github.com/davegallant/vpngate/pkg/vpn"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(listCmd)
+	listCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flagProxy, "proxy", "p", "", "provide a http/https proxy server to make requests through (i.e. http://127.0.0.1:8080)")
+	listCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flagSocks5Proxy, "socks5", "s", "", "provide a socks5 proxy server to make requests through (i.e. 127.0.0.1:1080)")
 }
 
 var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -21,10 +24,9 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
-		vpnServers, err := vpn.GetList()
-
+		vpnServers, err := vpn.GetList(flagProxy, flagSocks5Proxy)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+			log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
@@ -35,6 +37,5 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			table.Append([]string{strconv.Itoa(i + 1), v.HostName, v.CountryLong, v.Ping, strconv.Itoa(v.Score)})
 		}
 		table.Render() // Send output
-
 	},
 }

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1743814133,
+        "narHash": "sha256-drDyYyUmjeYGiHmwB9eOPTQRjmrq3Yz26knwmMPLZFk=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "250b695f41e0e2f5afbf15c6b12480de1fe0001b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+      flake-utils,
+    }:
+    let
+      vpngate =
+        pkgs:
+        pkgs.buildGo123Module rec {
+          name = "vpngate";
+          src = ./.;
+          vendorHash = "sha256-CP2sFJdIde88WFJlAq29GlE7c1c0xJ6tHzrrasMzJo8=";
+          nativeBuildInputs = pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+          env.CGO_ENABLED = 0;
+          doCheck = false;
+        };
+
+      flakeForSystem =
+        nixpkgs: system:
+        let
+          pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+          vg = vpngate pkgs;
+        in
+        {
+          packages = {
+            default = vg;
+            vpngate = vg;
+          };
+          devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+            packages = with pkgs; [
+              gopls
+              gotools
+              go_1_25
+            ];
+          };
+        };
+    in
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: flakeForSystem nixpkgs system);
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,17 +1,233 @@
 module github.com/davegallant/vpngate
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.24.0
+
+toolchain go1.24.9
 
 require (
-	github.com/jszwec/csvutil v1.5.1
-	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.1
-	github.com/juju/errors v0.0.0-20200330140219-3fe23663418f
-	github.com/juju/testing v0.0.0-20201216035041-2be42bba85f3 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
-	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.24.0
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
+	github.com/jszwec/csvutil v1.10.0
+	github.com/juju/errors v1.0.0
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.1
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	golang.org/x/net v0.46.0
+)
+
+require (
+	4d63.com/gocheckcompilerdirectives v1.3.0 // indirect
+	4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.2 // indirect
+	codeberg.org/chavacava/garif v0.2.0 // indirect
+	dev.gaijin.team/go/exhaustruct/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
+	dev.gaijin.team/go/golib v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/4meepo/tagalign v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/Abirdcfly/dupword v0.1.7 // indirect
+	github.com/AdminBenni/iota-mixing v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/AlwxSin/noinlineerr v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/Antonboom/errname v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Antonboom/nilnil v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.6.4 // indirect
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/MirrexOne/unqueryvet v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
+	github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/alfatraining/structtag v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11 // indirect
+	github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ashanbrown/makezero/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/breml/bidichk v0.3.3 // indirect
+	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/butuzov/mirror v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/catenacyber/perfsprint v0.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ccojocar/zxcvbn-go v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.11 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/stringish v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.13.7 // indirect
+	github.com/dave/dst v0.27.3 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/denis-tingaikin/go-header v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5 // indirect
+	github.com/ettle/strcase v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/firefart/nonamedreturns v1.0.6 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.17 // indirect
+	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.14.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/astcast v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/astcopy v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/astequal v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/astfmt v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/astp v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/strparse v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-toolsmith/typep v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/godoc-lint/godoc-lint v0.10.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/asciicheck v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/dupl v0.0.0-20250308024227-f665c8d69b32 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/go-printf-func-name v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/gofmt v0.0.0-20250106114630-d62b90e6713d // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.6.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/golines v0.0.0-20250217134842-442fd0091d95 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/misspell v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/plugin-module-register v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/revgrep v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/swaggoswag v0.0.0-20250504205917-77f2aca3143e // indirect
+	github.com/golangci/unconvert v0.0.0-20250410112200-a129a6e6413e // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gostaticanalysis/comment v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gostaticanalysis/forcetypeassert v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gostaticanalysis/nilerr v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jgautheron/goconst v1.8.2 // indirect
+	github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/jjti/go-spancheck v0.6.5 // indirect
+	github.com/julz/importas v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/karamaru-alpha/copyloopvar v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
+	github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kkHAIKE/contextcheck v1.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/kulti/thelper v0.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.15 // indirect
+	github.com/lasiar/canonicalheader v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/ldez/exptostd v0.4.5 // indirect
+	github.com/ldez/gomoddirectives v0.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ldez/grignotin v0.10.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ldez/tagliatelle v0.7.2 // indirect
+	github.com/ldez/usetesting v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leonklingele/grouper v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/macabu/inamedparam v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6 // indirect
+	github.com/manuelarte/embeddedstructfieldcheck v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/manuelarte/funcorder v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/maratori/testableexamples v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/maratori/testpackage v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/matoous/godox v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mgechev/revive v1.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20200706080929-d51e80ef957d // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/moricho/tparallel v0.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/nakabonne/nestif v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/nunnatsa/ginkgolinter v0.21.2 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.32.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
+	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5 // indirect
+	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.23 // indirect
+	github.com/quasilyte/gogrep v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/quasilyte/regex/syntax v0.0.0-20210819130434-b3f0c404a727 // indirect
+	github.com/quasilyte/stdinfo v0.0.0-20220114132959-f7386bf02567 // indirect
+	github.com/raeperd/recvcheck v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
+	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ryancurrah/gomodguard v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ryanrolds/sqlclosecheck v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sanposhiho/wastedassign/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/sashamelentyev/interfacebloat v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sashamelentyev/usestdlibvars v1.29.0 // indirect
+	github.com/securego/gosec/v2 v2.22.10 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/sivchari/containedctx v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ssgreg/nlreturn/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/stbenjam/no-sprintf-host-port v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tetafro/godot v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/timakin/bodyclose v0.0.0-20241222091800-1db5c5ca4d67 // indirect
+	github.com/timonwong/loggercheck v0.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tomarrell/wrapcheck/v2 v2.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tommy-muehle/go-mnd/v2 v2.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/ultraware/funlen v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ultraware/whitespace v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/uudashr/gocognit v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/uudashr/iface v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/xen0n/gosmopolitan v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
+	github.com/yagipy/maintidx v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/yeya24/promlinter v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ykadowak/zerologlint v0.1.5 // indirect
+	gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.2 // indirect
+	go-simpler.org/musttag v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go-simpler.org/sloglint v0.11.1 // indirect
+	go.augendre.info/arangolint v0.3.1 // indirect
+	go.augendre.info/fatcontext v0.9.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20251023183803-a4bb9ffd2546 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.36.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.38.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1 // indirect
+	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2 // indirect
+	mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20251027182757-5beb8c8f8f15 // indirect
 )

pkg/exec/run.go

@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 package exec
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
+	"bufio"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/juju/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 // Run executes a command in workDir and returns stdout and error.
 // The spawned process will exit upon termination of this application
 // to ensure a clean exit
-func Run(path string, workDir string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+func Run(path string, workDir string, args ...string) error {
 	_, err := exec.LookPath(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("%s is required, please install it", path)
@@ -21,25 +20,28 @@ func Run(path string, workDir string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	cmd := exec.Command(path, args...)
 	cmd.Dir = workDir
-	stdout := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	cmd.Stdout = stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = stderr
-	log.Debug().Msgf("Executing " + strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
-	err = cmd.Run()
-	output := strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String())
-	errOut := strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String())
-	if output != "" {
-		log.Debug().Msgf(output)
-	}
-	if errOut != "" {
-		log.Debug().Msgf(errOut)
-	}
-	if _, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); !ok {
-		return output, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
+	log.Debug().Msg("Executing " + strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return output, errors.Annotatef(err, path, cmd.Args, errOut)
+		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to get stdout pipe: %v", err)
 	}
-	return output, nil
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to start command: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		log.Debug().Msg(scanner.Text())
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Msgf("Error reading stdout: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Msgf("Command finished with error: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }

pkg/util/retry.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func Retry(attempts int, delay time.Duration,fn func() error) error {
+	var err error
+	for i := 0; i < attempts; i++ {
+		if err = fn(); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		log.Error().Msgf("Retrying after %d seconds. An error occured: %s", delay, err)
+		time.Sleep(delay)
+	}
+	return err
+}

pkg/vpn/cache.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package vpn
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"time"
@@ -25,20 +25,18 @@ func getCacheDir() string {
 
 func createCacheDir() error {
 	cacheDir := getCacheDir()
-	var AppFs = afero.NewOsFs()
-	return AppFs.MkdirAll(cacheDir, 0700)
+	AppFs := afero.NewOsFs()
+	return AppFs.MkdirAll(cacheDir, 0o700)
 }
 
 func getVpnListCache() (*[]Server, error) {
 	cacheFile := path.Join(getCacheDir(), serverCachefile)
 	serversFile, err := os.Open(cacheFile)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	byteValue, err := ioutil.ReadAll(serversFile)
-
+	byteValue, err := io.ReadAll(serversFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -55,30 +53,25 @@ func getVpnListCache() (*[]Server, error) {
 }
 
 func writeVpnListToCache(servers []Server) error {
-
 	err := createCacheDir()
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	f, err := json.MarshalIndent(servers, "", " ")
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	cacheFile := path.Join(getCacheDir(), serverCachefile)
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(cacheFile, f, 0644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(cacheFile, f, 0o644)
 
 	return err
-
 }
 
 func vpnListCacheIsExpired() bool {
 	file, err := os.Stat(path.Join(getCacheDir(), serverCachefile))
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return true
 	}

pkg/vpn/client.go

@@ -1,35 +1,28 @@
 package vpn
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/davegallant/vpngate/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/juju/errors"
-	"github.com/nxadm/tail"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 // Connect to a specified OpenVPN configuration
 func Connect(configPath string) error {
-
-	tmpLogFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "vpngate-openvpn-log-")
+	tmpLogFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "vpngate-openvpn-log-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Annotate(err, "Unable to create a temporary log file")
 	}
-	defer os.Remove(tmpLogFile.Name())
-
-	go func() {
-		// Tail the temporary openvpn log file
-		t, err := tail.TailFile(tmpLogFile.Name(), tail.Config{Follow: true})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().Msgf("%s", err)
-		}
-		for line := range t.Lines {
-			log.Debug().Msg(line.Text)
-		}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = os.Remove(tmpLogFile.Name())
 	}()
 
-	_, err = exec.Run("openvpn", ".", "--verb", "4", "--log", tmpLogFile.Name(), "--config", configPath)
+	executable := "openvpn"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		executable = "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\bin\\openvpn.exe"
+	}
+
+	err = exec.Run(executable, ".", "--verb", "4", "--config", configPath, "--data-ciphers", "AES-128-CBC")
 	return err
 }

pkg/vpn/list.go

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package vpn
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
-
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/jszwec/csvutil"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
 
+	"github.com/davegallant/vpngate/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/juju/errors"
 )
 
@@ -38,7 +41,6 @@ func streamToBytes(stream io.Reader) []byte {
 
 // parse csv
 func parseVpnList(r io.Reader) (*[]Server, error) {
-
 	var servers []Server
 
 	serverList := streamToBytes(r)
@@ -46,21 +48,21 @@ func parseVpnList(r io.Reader) (*[]Server, error) {
 	// Trim known invalid rows
 	serverList = bytes.TrimPrefix(serverList, []byte("*vpn_servers\r\n"))
 	serverList = bytes.TrimSuffix(serverList, []byte("*\r\n"))
+	serverList = bytes.ReplaceAll(serverList, []byte(`"`), []byte{})
 
 	if err := csvutil.Unmarshal(serverList, &servers); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Annotatef(err, "Unable to parse CSV")
 	}
 
 	return &servers, nil
-
 }
 
 // GetList returns a list of vpn servers
-func GetList() (*[]Server, error) {
-
+func GetList(httpProxy string, socks5Proxy string) (*[]Server, error) {
 	cacheExpired := vpnListCacheIsExpired()
 
 	var servers *[]Server
+	var client *http.Client
 
 	if !cacheExpired {
 		servers, err := getVpnListCache()
@@ -77,28 +79,70 @@ func GetList() (*[]Server, error) {
 
 	log.Info().Msg("Fetching the latest server list")
 
-	r, err := http.Get(vpnList)
+	if httpProxy != "" {
+		proxyURL, err := url.Parse(httpProxy)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Msgf("Error parsing proxy: %s", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		transport := &http.Transport{
+			Proxy: http.ProxyURL(proxyURL),
+		}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "Unable to retrieve vpn list")
+		client = &http.Client{
+			Transport: transport,
+		}
+
+	} else if socks5Proxy != "" {
+		dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", socks5Proxy, nil, proxy.Direct)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Msgf("Error creating SOCKS5 dialer: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		httpTransport := &http.Transport{
+			Dial: dialer.Dial,
+		}
+
+		client = &http.Client{
+			Transport: httpTransport,
+		}
+	} else {
+		client = &http.Client{}
 	}
 
-	defer r.Body.Close()
+	var r *http.Response
 
-	if r.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return nil, errors.Annotatef(err, "Unexpected status code when retrieving vpn list: %d", r.StatusCode)
-	}
+	err := util.Retry(5, 1, func() error {
+		var err error
+		r, err = client.Get(vpnList)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer func() {
+			_ = r.Body.Close()
+		}()
 
-	servers, err = parseVpnList(r.Body)
+		if r.StatusCode != 200 {
+			return errors.Annotatef(err, "Unexpected status code when retrieving vpn list: %d", r.StatusCode)
+		}
+
+		servers, err = parseVpnList(r.Body)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = writeVpnListToCache(*servers)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn().Msgf("Unable to write servers to cache: %s", err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "unable to parse vpn list")
-	}
-
-	err = writeVpnListToCache(*servers)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn().Msgf("Unable to write servers to cache: %s", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return servers, nil

pkg/vpn/list_test.go

@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ import (
 
 // TestGetListReal tests getting the real list of vpn servers
 func TestGetListReal(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := GetList()
+	_, err := GetList("", "")
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 }
 
 // TestParseVpnList parses a local copy of vpn list csv
 func TestParseVpnList(t *testing.T) {
-
 	dat, err := os.Open("../../test_data/vpn_list.csv")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -31,5 +29,4 @@ func TestParseVpnList(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, (*servers)[0].HostName, "public-vpn-227")
 	assert.Equal(t, (*servers)[0].Ping, "13")
 	assert.Equal(t, (*servers)[0].Score, 2086924)
-
 }

renovate.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "schedule": [
+    "every weekend"
+  ],
+  "extends": [
+    "config:recommended"
+  ]
+}