mullvad-closest

mullvad-closest helps pick a server that would have the lowest latency at (and would usually be the closest to) your current location.

Your current location is taken from the response of https://am.i.mullvad.net/json (the API that powers https://mullvad.net/check).

List of Mullvad servers is provided by relays.json, a file that is bundled with Mullvad application. Depending on your platform, it can be found in the following locations on the filesystem:

• Linux: /var/cache/mullvad-vpn/relays.json
• macOS: /Library/Caches/mullvad-vpn/relays.json
• Windows: C:\ProgramData\Mullvad VPN\cache\relays.json

The distance between your location and a Mullvad server is the geodesic distance in kilometers. By default only the servers within 500 km are shown.

The latency is the result of one ICMP request sent to the server's IP address.

Installation

Install with pipx:

$ pipx install mullvad-closest

Usage

$ mullvad-closest --help
Usage: mullvad-closest [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -s, --server-type [openvpn|wireguard]
                                  Only show servers of a particular type
  -m, --max-distance INTEGER      Only show servers within this distance from myself  [default: 500]
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

Find all WireGuard servers within 300 kilometers:

$ mullvad-closest --max-distance 300 --server-type wireguard
Country      City        Type       IP              Hostname         Distance    Latency
-----------  ----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ----------  ---------
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  193.32.249.70   nl-ams-wg-005     31.3219    18.8773
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  193.32.249.69   nl-ams-wg-004     31.3219    18.9524
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  193.32.249.66   nl-ams-wg-001     31.3219    20.0162
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  169.150.196.15  nl-ams-wg-202     31.3219    21.9269
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  185.65.134.83   nl-ams-wg-003     31.3219    22.2118
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  169.150.196.28  nl-ams-wg-203     31.3219    22.5372
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  169.150.196.2   nl-ams-wg-201     31.3219    22.8589
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  185.65.134.86   nl-ams-wg-006     31.3219    22.8741
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  185.65.134.82   nl-ams-wg-002     31.3219    22.9678
Germany      Dusseldorf  wireguard  185.254.75.5    de-dus-wg-003    150.785     24.272
Germany      Dusseldorf  wireguard  185.254.75.3    de-dus-wg-001    150.785     24.287
Luxembourg   Luxembourg  wireguard  92.223.89.181   lu-lux-wg-001    285.289     24.3261
Luxembourg   Luxembourg  wireguard  92.223.89.165   lu-lux-wg-002    285.289     24.3518
Germany      Dusseldorf  wireguard  185.254.75.4    de-dus-wg-002    150.785     25.2352
Belgium      Brussels    wireguard  91.90.123.2     be-bru-wg-101    149.609     25.6422
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  92.60.40.209    nl-ams-wg-102     31.3219    25.7621
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  92.60.40.239    nl-ams-wg-104     31.3219    26.2949
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  92.60.40.194    nl-ams-wg-101     31.3219    26.3009
Netherlands  Amsterdam   wireguard  92.60.40.224    nl-ams-wg-103     31.3219    26.3679
Belgium      Brussels    wireguard  194.110.115.34  be-bru-wg-102    149.609     28.5451
Belgium      Brussels    wireguard  194.110.115.2   be-bru-wg-103    149.609     28.6839