Flutter VPN Detector #

A Flutter plugin to detect if the device is currently using a VPN connection. This plugin supports Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms.

Features #

• ✅ Detect VPN connections on Android (API 21+)
• ✅ Detect VPN/Proxy connections on iOS
• ✅ Detect VPN connections on macOS
• ✅ Detect VPN connections on Windows
• ✅ Detect VPN connections on Linux
• ✅ Simple and easy-to-use API

Installation #

Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  flutter_vpn_detector: ^0.1.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

Configuration #

✨ Great News: No additional configuration required on any platform!

• ✅ Android: Permissions auto-added (ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE)
• ✅ iOS: No configuration needed, uses public APIs
• ✅ macOS: No configuration needed, uses public APIs
• ✅ Windows: No configuration needed, libraries auto-linked
• ✅ Linux: No configuration needed, uses standard permissions

Plug and play - just add the dependency and start using! 🎉

For detailed integration guide, see INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md

Usage #

import 'package:flutter_vpn_detector/vpn_checker.dart';

// Check if VPN is active
bool isActive = await VpnChecker.isVpnActive();

if (isActive) {
  print('VPN is currently active');
} else {
  print('VPN is not active');
}

Platform-Specific Implementation #

Android #

• Uses ConnectivityManager to check for VPN transport type (API 23+)
• Checks network interface names (tun, tap, ppp, etc.)
• Reads routing table from /proc/net/route

iOS #

• Direct network interface detection (using getifaddrs(), most reliable)
• Checks system proxy settings (URL-specific proxy)
• Detects VPN interfaces (tap, tun, ppp, ipsec, utun, wg)
• Checks HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy configuration
• Scoped network settings check
• Recursive proxy key detection

macOS #

• Identical implementation to iOS
• Direct network interface detection (using getifaddrs())
• Supports all iOS detection methods

Windows #

• Uses WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) to query network adapters
• Checks for VPN-type network interfaces

Linux #

• Reads network interfaces from /proc/net/dev
• Checks routing table from /proc/net/route

Requirements #

• Flutter: >=3.0.0
• Dart: >=3.0.0
• Android: minSdkVersion 21
• iOS: 12.0+
• macOS: 10.14+
• Windows: Windows 10+
• Linux: Any modern distribution

License #

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing #

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Issues #

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file them on the GitHub issue tracker.