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-4.9.1-linux.tar.gz 9310bc860f7870a1f872b11c4dc6073a1ad34e5e Linux ARM64 https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.9.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz 535e6c9edcc0ca94cac7c9f800f910dcea808cbf macOS https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.9.1-osx.zip 64f9c1bac5d4f5b9acb6fbb629b6df0f5671b4c8 Windows https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.9.1-win32.zip 63858695eb6840306921607a97af0083c0697bf3 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-4.9.1-osx/
sc-4.9.1-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 $HOME
curl -LO https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.9.1-linux.tar.gz
tar xvf ./sc-4.9.1-linux.tar.gz
export PATH="$HOME/sc-4.9.1-linux/bin:$PATH"
Version Lifecycle Information
The launch of Sauce Connect 4.9.1 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 | |||
| 4.9 | 4.9.1 | See latest version | Feb. 29, 2024 |
| Security & Major Bug Fixes only | |||
| 4.9 | 4.9.0 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | Feb. 29, 2024 |
| 4.8 | 4.8.3 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | Feb. 29, 2024 |
| 4.8.2 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.8.1 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.8.0 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | ||
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.