# Install udptunnel with Homebrew, apt, Nix Tunnel UDP packets over a TCP connection. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:udptunnel ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install udptunnel ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install udptunnel ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: udptunnel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#udptunnel ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ud/udptunnel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:udptunnel - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1 - **Source summary:** Tunnel UDP packets over a TCP connection - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T19:43:01-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - udptunnel (cli) - udptunnel (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-29 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~lennox/udptunnel/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage UDPTunnel is a small Unix networking utility for carrying UDP packets over a TCP connection. Its own documentation describes the original motivation as letting multimedia conferences traverse firewalls that allowed only outgoing TCP. ### Project history Jonathan Lennox released UDPTunnel 1.0 in 1999 and version 1.1 in 2001. The 1.1 release was a relicensing and documentation update with no code changes, which helps explain why the package remains a compact, stable command-line tool rather than an actively evolving service. ### Adoption history The official page documents portability to POSIX socket platforms and notes testing on Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD. Its package-manager presence is mostly as a small compatibility tool for users who need the exact UDP-over-TCP behavior rather than a broader VPN or proxy stack. ### How it is used UDPTunnel runs in client or server mode and relays UDP after establishing a TCP connection. The documentation also calls out RTP mode for paired RTP/RTCP multimedia traffic and explains that multicast addresses can be tunneled with an explicit TTL. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, UDPTunnel is the sort of tiny historical network utility that survives because it does one old Internet job plainly: build with autoconf, install one binary, and tunnel UDP-like conference traffic through restrictive TCP-only paths. ### Timeline - 1999-05-19: UDPTunnel 1.0 initial release. - 2001-09-06: UDPTunnel 1.1 re-released under a BSD-style license with documentation updates and no code changes. ### Related projects - The documentation frames UDPTunnel around RTP-style multimedia traffic and notes incorporated code by Henning Schulzrinne. ### Sources - - source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew, Debian, Nix, and Ubuntu package names. ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** udptunnel - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - udptunnel - 1.1-12: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: udptunnel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tunnel UDP packets over a TCP connection | http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~lennox/udptunnel/ - Nix - udptunnel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ud/udptunnel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - udptunnel - 1.1-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: udptunnel from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tunnel UDP packets over a TCP connection | http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~lennox/udptunnel/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [tcptunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tcptunnel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, tunneling. - [dns2tcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dns2tcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, tunneling. - [jprq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jprq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, tunneling. - [ptunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ptunnel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling. - [udp2raw-multiplatform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/udp2raw-multiplatform/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling, udp. - [zoro](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zoro/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tcp, tunneling, udp. - [autossh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autossh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling. - [bore-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bore-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/udptunnel.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/udptunnel.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph