# Install kcptun with Homebrew, apt

Stable & Secure Tunnel based on KCP with N:M multiplexing and FEC. Version 20260101 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install kcptun.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kcptun
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kcptun
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install kcptun
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: kcptun from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kcptun
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 20260101
- **Source summary:** Stable & Secure Tunnel based on KCP with N:M multiplexing and FEC
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T21:58:38+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- kcptun_client (alias)
- kcptun_server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 20260101

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kcptun. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - kcptun - 20210922+ds-1+b18: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kcptun from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple UDP Tunnel Based On KCP | https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun
- Ubuntu apt - kcptun - 20210922+ds-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kcptun from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple UDP Tunnel Based On KCP | https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [frpc](https://pkg.so/brew/frpc/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: client, server, tunnel.
- [hickory-dns](https://pkg.so/brew/hickory-dns/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: based, client, server.
- [mysql](https://pkg.so/brew/mysql/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: client, secure, server.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph