Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install onioncat

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install onioncat

MacPorts ports tree · net/onioncat/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add onioncat

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · onioncat · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install onioncat

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · onioncat · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install extras/ocat

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ocat.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id ic005k.OCAuxiliaryTools -e

Windows Package Manager source index · ic005k.OCAuxiliaryTools · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

VPN-adapter that provides location privacy using Tor or I2P

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ocat

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

OnionCat is a long-running networking experiment that maps Tor hidden services or I2P tunnels into an IPv6 TUN interface. It makes onion/I2P endpoints look like peers on an IP network, so ordinary IP-based protocols can travel over Tor or I2P hidden-service transports.

Projektgeschichte

OnionCat development began in 2008, when Tor hidden-service v2 identifiers were short enough to be reversibly mapped into IPv6 addresses under a special prefix. Its own documentation describes the core trick as translating between OnionCat IPv6 addresses and .onion hostnames, then forwarding packets between a local TUN device and remote OnionCat peers.

The move from Tor v2 hidden services to v3 onion services challenged OnionCat's original design because v3 identifiers no longer fit inside an IPv6 address. OnionCat4 added lookup machinery to preserve the virtual-network model after the identifier-size change.

Adoptionsgeschichte

OnionCat has been packaged beyond a single ecosystem: Debian documented an ocat(1) man page by the Jessie era, and Homebrew packages onioncat for macOS and Linux users. Its GitHub repository is the official upstream and had an onioncat-4.11.0 release dated March 9, 2023.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run ocat with a local onion or I2P identifier, and OnionCat opens a TUN device, assigns it a derived IPv6 address, and relays packets through Tor or I2P. The tool can carry TCP, UDP, and other IP-based traffic, making it resemble a peer-to-peer VPN between hidden services rather than a web-only Tor client.

The README also exposes OnionCat's operational rough edges: it is a userland connector, depends on Tor/I2P setup, and does not add its own encryption on top of the transport. That makes it a tool for operators who understand the underlying anonymity network rather than a general-purpose consumer VPN.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

OnionCat matters because it is one of the more literal attempts to package 'IP over onion services' as a Unix-style command. It combines old-school TUN-device networking, IPv6 address mapping, Tor/I2P naming, and distro packaging into a compact but unusual formula.

Zeitleiste

2008: OnionCat development began around Tor hidden-service v2 identifiers.
2015: Debian Jessie shipped an onioncat man page documenting ocat as an IP-transparent Tor/I2P connector.
2023-03-09: onioncat-4.11.0 was published as a GitHub release.
2023-10-25: the upstream README/man-page text identified ocat and documented OnionCat4 behavior.

Related projects

Related projects and technologies include Tor onion services, I2P server tunnels, TUN/TAP virtual network interfaces, and VPN-style tunneling tools.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 12 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`ocat`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version4.11.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv4.11.0

https://github.com/rahra/onioncat

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:onioncat
Version	4.11.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/onioncat
Homepage	https://github.com/rahra/onioncat
Repository	https://github.com/rahra/onioncat
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/rahra/onioncat#readme
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-only
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/rahra/onioncat/archive/refs/tags/v4.11.0.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	tor
Build-Abhängigkeiten	autoconf, automake
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	onioncat
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

apk95%

onioncat 4.11.0-r1

OnionCat is a VPN-adapter, which uses Tor or I2P as its transport.

https://www.onioncat.org/

sudo apk add onioncat

License: GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: onioncat
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Onioncat

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: onioncat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

onioncat-doc 4.11.0-r1

OnionCat is a VPN-adapter, which uses Tor or I2P as its transport. (documentation)

https://www.onioncat.org/

sudo apk add onioncat-doc

License: GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: onioncat
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Onioncat

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: onioncat-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

zypper95%

onioncat 4.11.0-1.10

VPN adapter for Tor and I2P

https://www.onioncat.org/

sudo zypper install onioncat

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: onioncat
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Onioncat

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: onioncat from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

onioncat

sudo port install onioncat

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Onioncat

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/onioncat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop92%

extras/ocat

scoop install extras/ocat

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Ocat

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ocat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget92%

ic005k.OCAuxiliaryTools

winget install --id ic005k.OCAuxiliaryTools -e

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Ocat

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: ic005k.OCAuxiliaryTools from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/onioncat.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

onioncat mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Windows

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen