Command-line tool

tailcat

brew/tailcat

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Netcat-like tool over Tailscale's data plane, without its control plane

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Tailscale.tailcat -e
scoop install tailcat

macOS

brew install tailcat

Linux

brew install tailcat

Start a server that accepts one connection and writes to `stdout` (no local port; clients connect via the printed addrblob)

tailcat

Start a server that exposes specific local TCP ports (e.g. an existing service on 22/80/443) to clients via the tunnel

tailcat --serve=22,80,443

Start a server as an exit node, routing client traffic through this host's network

tailcat --serve=exit-node

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