Final glance at the year of the app

While not yet over, 2018 has been a year for the books for us. Join us in a quick, nostalgic stroll back through the past 12 months and the highlights that made us extra misty-eyed.
 

The launch of our new app

Easily taking the cake (and we like cake) for our biggest achievement was the much-anticipated revamp of our Mullvad VPN app, hooray! We are over the moon to be offering a much better user experience to our macOS, Windows, and Linux customers.

A second set of eyes is always valuable, so we even subjected the app to an independent security audit.
 

Brand new online tools to help you

Who doesn't love a good shortcut or time saver? That's why we implemented a few right on our website:

• We launched our online torrent check that allows you to test if your torrent client is leaking.
• And our online port check helps you ensure that your forwarded ports with Mullvad are working.
• To simplify life for WireGuard users, we created a configuration file generator.

Expansions and upgrades

• We started accepting Bitcoin Cash.
• We upgraded server connectivity in parts of Sweden, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt.
• We renewed our root certificate.
• We transitioned from renting to fully owning all of our servers in Finland and our hometown of Gothenburg.
• End-of-year bonus: as of recently, we now own a number of our Frankfurt-based servers (designated by a number that begin with zero, for example "de-fra-014").
   

Privacy measures

We're always looking for ways to help you improve your online privacy. Here are a few from 2018:

• Need a New Year's resolution? We published a guide on how to create better passwords. It's never too late to start!
• We launched our very own onion service on the Tor network.
• We reduced the amount of time information on our web servers is stored, from 24 hours to one.

Involvement in the greater community

In addition to attending a variety of conferences on privacy, security, and technology, we proudly sponsored Security Fest.

And we collaborated on an important initiative to increase trustworthy behavior in VPN providers.
 

The final count

Last but not least, numbers!

• We welcomed four new and talented members to our team, three developers and one in support.
• Up from 27 last year, you can now connect to Mullvad servers in 36 countries around the world.
• Our number of VPN servers jumped from 162 to 281. And WireGuard servers are now up to 49.
• Our website now speaks Japanese and Italian for a total of 13 languages.
   

We don't know you, but you're still appreciated!

And last but certainly not least, thanks to our customers and your feedback, wherever in the world you may be (don't tell us!). We're grateful for yet another positive year and are already looking forward to sharing what we've got in store for 2019. See you on the flip side!