Downloading Sauce Connect Proxy
This topic describes where and how to download Sauce Connect Proxy to your local machine.
What You’ll Need
- A Sauce Labs account (Log in or sign up for a free trial license).
If applicable, delete any previous Sauce Connect versions you have. Using older versions may impact your ability to launch a tunnel or cause other technical issues.
Downloading Sauce Connect Proxy
Download the latest Sauce Connect Proxy client to your local machine by clicking the link below corresponding to your OS.
Platform Download URL SHA1 Checksum Linux https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.2-linux.tar.gz e65e77e849a80d1eb1de03ba56abf5a4d51cf1c5 Linux ARM64 https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz fd782a658f4d28b9792edaf9df730a87ae797cba macOS https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.2-osx.zip 5c2f81f6b0f246a641384d33df5c091ca0174730 Windows https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.2-win32.zip 1c81cbe9d1b25b8f8483cc1163d54d94191f7665 Extract the contents of the *.zip download to your local machine. We recommend saving the Sauce Connect Proxy folder to your home directory.
What's in the folder?
Sauce Connect folder contents
$ tree sc-4.8.2-osx/
sc-4.8.2-osx/
├── COPYRIGHT.md
├── bin
│ └── sc
├── config_examples
│ ├── config.yml
│ └── systemd
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── sc.service
│ └── sc@.service
└── license.html
| File | Description |
| sc (Linux/macOS) or sc.exe (Windows) | Sauce Connect Proxy client executable file. |
| config.yml | Sample YAML configuration file. |
| sc.service, sc@.service | Sample files intended for use with the systemd service manager, an alternative way to start and stop Sauce Connect Proxy tunnels. Consult the README.md for more information. |
- If you're using Linux, you'll need to add Sauce Connect to your system PATH:
cd $HOME
curl -LO https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.2-linux.tar.gz
tar xvf ./sc-4.8.2-linux.tar.gz
export PATH="$HOME/sc-4.8.2-linux/bin:$PATH"
Version Lifecycle Information
The launch of Sauce Connect 4.8.2 makes it the officially supported version of the Sauce Connect client. All previous versions are in maintenance mode, with the oldest versions nearing the end of their support life.
| Family | Version | Download Link | End of Life |
| Full Support | |||
| 4.8 | 4.8.2 | See latest version | Nov. 30, 2023 |
| Security & Major Bug Fixes only | |||
| 4.8 | 4.8.1 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | Nov. 30, 2023 |
| 4.8.0 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7.1 | Linux, Mac, Windows | May 31, 2023 |
| 4.7.0* | Linux, Mac | ||
*Windows version no longer available for download.
Using Sauce Connect in Docker
As an alternative to downloading the client, you can use the Sauce Connect Proxy Docker image to run it in a Docker container. To learn more, see Sauce Connect Docker Container Setup.