# Install devtunnel with Homebrew Cask

Provides developers secure tunnels to share local web services. Version 1.0.2014+3c9645ccd8 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/devtunnel.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:devtunnel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask devtunnel
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:devtunnel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 1.0.2014+3c9645ccd8
- **Source summary:** Provides developers secure tunnels to share local web services
- **Homepage:** <https://aka.ms/devtunnels/docs>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T19:10:18Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- devtunnel (binary)
- devtunnel (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.2014+3c9645ccd8
## Project history and usage

devtunnel is Microsoft's command-line client for Dev Tunnels, a service for securely sharing localhost services over the internet during development and testing.

### Project history

Microsoft Learn presents Dev Tunnels as an Azure developer feature and describes it as public preview. The CLI is distributed as devtunnel and is installed through platform-native channels such as winget on Windows, Homebrew on macOS, and install scripts or direct downloads on Unix-like systems.

### Adoption history

The tool fits the same developer workflow niche as local tunnel utilities used for webhooks, remote demos, and cloud callback testing, but with Microsoft account, Microsoft Entra ID, and GitHub account authentication. The official docs emphasize secure-by-default access, persistent URLs, multiple simultaneous ports, global service availability, and inspection support.

### How it is used

A typical package-manager user installs devtunnel, signs in with devtunnel user login, and hosts a local port with devtunnel host -p 8080. The get-started guide shows the CLI printing public and inspection URLs for the hosted local service.

### Why package nerds care

devtunnel is package-nerd relevant because it turns a cloud relay service into a small cross-platform CLI. The cask tracks a proprietary binary, but the executable behaves like familiar Unix-style networking tools: login, host a port, print URLs, and compose with local development servers.

### Timeline

- Public preview: Microsoft Learn marks Dev Tunnels as public preview and not recommended for production workloads.
- Homebrew cask distribution: the official get-started guide documents brew install --cask devtunnel for macOS.

### Related projects

- Azure Dev Tunnels is the service behind the CLI.
- Visual Studio and Microsoft developer tooling are adjacent ecosystems for the same tunneling service.

### Sources

- <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/dev-tunnels/overview>
- <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/dev-tunnels/get-started>


## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - main/devtunnel: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/devtunnel.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Microsoft.devtunnel: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.devtunnel from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/devtunnel.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/devtunnel.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph