Happ
Happ is the main option for Windows and the first choice for most users.
Download Happ for Windows x64Official source: GitHub
VPN for PC
VPN for PC: MaskNet for Windows
Download Happ or INCY, add your MaskNet subscription and connect.
Apps
Choose an app
We recommend Happ to most users; INCY works with the same subscription too.
Recommended INCY
INCY also supports Windows and works with the same subscription.
Download INCY for WindowsOfficial source: GitHub
Happ for Windows is an installer from the developer's official page, linked above. INCY has its own installer and works with the same subscription.
After installation
Connect your MaskNet subscription
- Install Happ from the link above.
- Open your account on this computer and press “Add subscription” — Happ opens on its own.
- Choose a country and press the connect button.
VPN for PC: a detailed guide
What you need
- A computer with Windows 10 (build 1809 or later) or Windows 11.
- An active MaskNet subscription. Don't have one yet — choose a plan.
- A couple of minutes: installing and connecting takes less than five.
Installing Happ on Windows
- Download the Happ installer from the link above — it leads to the developer's official page.
- Run the installer and follow the wizard.
- Open your MaskNet account in a browser on the same computer and click "Add subscription". If the browser asks whether to open the app, allow it: that is how the button hands the subscription to Happ.
- Happ shows the MaskNet subscription with a list of countries. Pick a country and press the connect button.
INCY has its own installer and works with the same subscription. The developer still calls the desktop versions of INCY pre-alpha, so on Windows we recommend Happ.
How to check that it works
Open any masknet.online page: the bar at the top says "Your connection is protected by MaskNet". Check my IP shows the same. Then run the leak test: a resolver in Russia in the result is a leak, most often caused by "Use secure DNS" in the browser.
Smart routing sends the traffic of Russian services — Gosuslugi, banks, marketplaces — outside the VPN tunnel: they see your Russian IP, and you don't need to turn MaskNet off.
If something went wrong
Happ did not open after “Add subscription”+
Your account must be open on the same computer where Happ is installed.
The subscription does not refresh, Timeout error+
The subscription server is unreachable from your network: switch to another network and refresh again. Turn on automatic date and time — with the clock off, a secure connection cannot be established.
There are servers, but it won't connect+
Update Happ: old versions stop connecting to updated servers. Step-by-step checks — in Happ won't connect.
The browser opened a page instead of Happ+
Happ isn't installed on this computer, or the wrong app is. Install Happ from the link above and click "Add subscription" again.
Connected, but sites don't open+
Pick another server in the same country, then another country. If nothing works, disconnect Happ and check the internet without the VPN — see VPN not working.
In INCY it works the same way — the walkthrough is in INCY won't connect.