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).
Always use the latest version
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-4.8.1-linux.tar.gz 9c16682e4c9716734432789884f868212f95f563 Linux ARM64 https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz 2a6a5fd0ad90c1d776048e4f9fd60a1a8a26c3a2 macOS https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.1-osx.zip 4c5b8b570994a76396c75858455032bfdbb83589 Windows https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.1-win32.zip f3df33f01bf8d9585cfcda084b54300089266159 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
File Description sc (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 $HOME
curl -LO https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sc-4.8.1-linux.tar.gz
tar xvf ./sc-4.8.1-linux.tar.gz
export PATH="$HOME/sc-4.8.1-linux/bin:$PATH"
Version Lifecycle Information
The launch of Sauce Connect 4.8.1 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 | |||
| 4.8 | 4.8.1 | See latest version | Nov. 30, 2023 |
| Security & Major Bug Fixes only | |||
| 4.8 | 4.8.0 | Linux, Linux ARM64, Mac, Windows | Nov. 30, 2023 |
| 4.7 | 4.7.1 | Linux, Mac, Windows | May 31, 2023 |
| 4.7.0* | Linux, Mac | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6.5 | Linux, Mac, Windows | Nov. 30, 2022 |
| 4.6.4 | Linux, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.6.3 | Linux, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.6.2 | Linux, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.6.1 | Linux, Mac, Windows | ||
| 4.6.0** | — | ||
*Windows version no longer available for download.
**Sauce Connect Proxy versions below 4.6.1, which were supporting Private Certificates, reached end of life and are 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.