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Vinyl

on your own wave

A portable VPN client built on the sing-box core. Download the archive, unpack it and run it — nothing to install. Settings and logs stay next to the app.

Release 1.11.1 · September 24, 2026 · ZIP, 27.3 MB

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Windows 10 and 11, x64 · interface in Russian · free for personal use · no account needed

Features

Two sides of one record.

Side A is about connecting, side B is about routes: what goes through the VPN and what goes direct.

Side Aconnection

  1. A1

    Protocols

    VLESS with Reality and XTLS Vision, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks, Hysteria2, TUIC and WireGuard.

  2. A2

    Subscriptions

    They update themselves and show the remaining traffic and expiry date when the panel provides them.

  3. A3

    Automatic server choice

    The core measures latency through the tunnel and keeps the connection alive.

  4. A4

    Tray controls

    Switch servers and connect without opening the window.

  5. A5

    One-file transfer

    Move all your settings to another computer in a single file.

Side Broutes

  1. B1

    Apps

    Send all apps through the VPN, only the selected ones, or everything except them.

  2. B2

    Sites

    Everything through the VPN with an exclusion list — or the other way round: direct, with only a list going through the tunnel.

  3. B3

    Ready-made sets

    Russian banks, Gosuslugi and Russian sites can go direct right away.

  4. B4

    Traffic screen

    See where everything is going right now: through the VPN or around it.

  5. B5

    Kill switch

    While Vinyl is running, nothing leaves around the tunnel.

Interface

Your own space online.

A quiet dark interface: connection, speed and server on a single screen.

The Vinyl home screen: the connect button, the record, speed and the selected server
Home screen
The Vinyl servers screen: a subscription, server latency and automatic choice
Servers and subscriptions

Demo data: no real connection was running in these screenshots.

Getting started

Three steps.

  1. Download the archive

    One ZIP for Windows 10 or 11. There is no installer: the app runs straight from its folder.

  2. Unpack the whole folder

    Not just vinyl.exe: the core, the driver and the lists sit next to it, and the app cannot connect without them.

  3. Add your server

    Open «Серверы» (Servers), choose «Вставить из буфера» (Paste from clipboard), then connect from the home screen.

You bring your own subscription or key: your own server or one from your provider. There is no Vinyl account, and there never will be.

Liner notes

Vinyl, honestly.

What the app does to your system and what it does not promise yet.

  1. 01

    No account

    There is no Vinyl account and there never will be. The servers are yours, your own or your provider’s; none are included.

  2. 02

    Everything next to the app

    Settings, logs and the server list live in the data folder. uninstall.exe removes the Start menu shortcut and the Programs and Features entry — that is all the app adds to the system.

  3. 03

    Admin rights only to connect

    Tunnel mode takes all system traffic and asks for administrator rights when you connect, not at launch. System proxy mode needs no rights but only catches apps that use the Windows proxy.

  4. 04

    Self-signed signature

    Windows does not know this certificate, so SmartScreen warns you on first launch. No need to turn protection off: check the checksum instead — it is more reliable.

  5. 05

    Kill switch while running

    While Vinyl is running, nothing leaves around the tunnel. If the app is closed or crashes, Windows removes the filters itself: your connection comes back, but without protection.

  6. 06

    Leak testing in progress

    IPv4, IPv6 and DNS leaks have not yet been checked with traffic capture on a test bench. Until they are, we do not promise there are none.

Verification

Check the checksum.

The SHA-256 of the archive on this page. The same sums are in SHA256SUMS.txt next to the archive on GitHub.

SHA-256 · Vinyl-1.11.1.zip

405befbd294663304ebb4aa6b74a2398d377340f80185c5f596ef1ff200cfb56

PowerShell

Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\Vinyl-1.11.1.zip
SHA256SUMS.txt All releases on GitHub

Vinyl checks for updates itself, without an account. When a new version is out, it offers to open the release page; unpack the new archive and move your data folder into it.

Credits

What Vinyl is made of.

Vinyl is a Yamiko product developed by claustrophob. Free for personal, non-commercial use. The Vinyl license and third-party licenses are included in the archive.

drop the needle

Vinyl 1.11.1

Download for Windows

Release 1.11.1 · September 24, 2026 · ZIP, 27.3 MB

What’s new

Release notes (in Russian)

Vinyl is made without funding. Support development