OpenFortiGUI is an open-source VPN-Client to connect to Fortigate VPN-Hardware. It is based on openfortivpn and adds an easy to use and nice GUI on top of it, written in Qt5.

Unlike other VPN-clients it is also possible to connect to multiple VPN-destinations  simultaneously. It is an replacement for the closed-source Forticlient – SSLVPN Client.

Features include:

• Qt5 GUI
• openfortivpn library built-in, no separate download required
• All settings saved in text-files, so easy to share, passwords saved AES-encrypted (key can be defined as needed, GNOME keyring & KWallet support)
• VPNs divided into local and global sections (readonly, useful for deployments to many users)
• VPN-groups can be defined to start groups of VPNs at the same time
• Trayicon with fast access to start/stop VPNs and groups
• Multiple VPN connections possible simultaneously
• Certificate and user/password auth supported
• 2Factor support
• Autostart VPNs on program startup
• English, german, catalan (thanks wagafo@github) and japanese (thanks tsundeoku@github) language
• Optional: KRunner Plugin for KDE5

Source & community development: https://github.com/theinvisible/openfortigui

Prebuild packages are available for following Distros:

Ubuntu 20.04 (last Update 15.5.2020):

OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 64bit

Ubuntu 18.04 (last Update 15.5.2020):

OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 64bit

Ubuntu 16.04 (last Update 15.5.2020): 

Info: Since version OpenFortiGUI 0.5.0 there is libqt5keychain1 >=0.7.0 required which is not included in default Ubuntu distro, best you use our Apt mirror

OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 32bit
OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 64bit

Debian 9 (last Update 15.5.2020):

OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 64bit

Debian 10 (last Update 15.5.2020):

OpenFortiGUI 0.9.0 64bit

You can also use our apt mirror, for instructions see: https://apt.iteas.at/

Available packages on our apt mirror: openfortigui and openfortigui-runner

Quick instruction to build from source:

1. Install DEV-tools (on Ubuntu: build-essential, qt5-default, libssl-dev, qt5keychain-dev)
2. git clone https://github.com/theinvisible/openfortigui.git
3. cd openfortigui && git submodule init && git submodule update
4. qmake && make -j4
5. openfortigui binary is ready

Debugging

If you want to help debugging please follow the next steps to produce a debug binary.

1. Install DEV-tools (on Ubuntu: build-essential, qt5-default, libssl-dev, qt5keychain-dev)
2. git clone https://github.com/theinvisible/openfortigui.git
3. cd openfortigui && git submodule init && git submodule update
4. qmake openfortigui-project.pro -spec linux-g++ CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=qml_debug && /usr/bin/make -j4
5. openfortigui debug binary is ready

OpenFortiGUI spawns new processes for every VPN connection profile.

You can also start a VPN connection on terminal and so use gdb. For example: sudo /usr/bin/openfortigui –start-vpn –vpn-name [yourvpnname] –main-config ‘/home/[yourusername]/.openfortigui/main.conf’

Just replace [yourvpnname] with your vpn profile name and [yourusername] with your Linux username.

Used software/libraries/resources:

• QT
• openfortivpn
• Icons8
• DeepDoc – German Linux Wiki