sixtunnel for Mac
6tunnel allows you to use services provided by IPv6 hosts with IPv4-only applications and vice-versa. It can bind to any of your IPv4 (default) or IPv6 addresses and forward all data to IPv4 or IPv6 (default) host.
sixtunnel — overview
6tunnel
6tunnel allows you to use services provided by IPv6 hosts with IPv4-only applications and vice-versa. It can bind to any of your IPv4 (default) or IPv6 addresses and forward all data to IPv4 or IPv6 (default) host. For example
will be enough to connect to IPv6 irc server with
If you don't wish to run 6tunnel every time you want to show your :c001: or :dead: IPv6 address on IRC, you can use -i parameter, which makes 6tunnel ask your client for specified password. Just run
and then type
If your IRC server requires you to send password, specify it with -I parameter -- after successful proxy authentication 6tunnel will send it to the server.
6tunnel can also be used as a tunnel for all other combinations of IPv4 and IPv6 endpoints. If remote host doesn't have any IPv6 addresses, 6tunnel will use the IPv4 one. In other cases, use -4 parameter which makes IPv4 address the preffered one. For IPv6-to-any tunnels use -6 which makes 6tunnel bind to IPv6 address.
License
Since version 0.11 released under the terms of GPL version 2 -- see release notes for details.
Details
为不支持 IPv6 的应用程序进行隧道化
How to install sixtunnel
- Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
- If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the command below first.
- Run this command:
Latest 10 releases
Last updated 2025-09-03; current version 0.14, with the latest 7 releases listed.
| Version | Released | Type | Size | macOS | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.14 | 2025-09-03 | Stable | 102 KB | Download | — | — |
| 0.13 | 2019-10-19 | Stable | 101 KB | — | — | — |
| 0.12 | 2016-10-24 | Stable | 94 KB | — | — | — |
| 0.11 | 2016-02-26 | Stable | 93 KB | — | — | — |
| 0.10 | 2013-10-29 | Stable | 37 KB | — | — | — |
| 0.11rc2 | 2016-02-26 | Pre-release | 17 KB | — | — | — |
| 0.11rc1 | 2013-10-29 | Pre-release | 37 KB | — | — | — |
Data from GitHub Releases; stable releases first, each group sorted newest first.
Prebuilt bottle platforms
Official Homebrew bottles cover:
- Apple silicon · latest macOS
- Apple silicon · macOS 26 Tahoe
- Apple silicon · macOS 15 Sequoia
- Apple silicon · macOS 14 Sonoma
- Apple silicon · macOS 13 Ventura
- Intel · macOS 14 Sonoma
- Intel · macOS 13 Ventura
- Linux · ARM64
- Linux · x86_64
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| App | Version | License | Architecture | 30-day installs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sixtunnel | 0.14 | GPL-2.0-only | CLI | 0 |
| fastd | v23 | BSD-2-Clause | CLI | 3 |
| radvd | v2.21 | radvd | CLI | 2 |
| ipv6toolkit | 2.2 | GPL-3.0-or-later | CLI | 6 |
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