SSH TUNNEL MANAGER · macOS

Every tunnel, one click from your menu bar.

Pipeworks keeps your SSH forwards alive and a click away — local, remote, and SOCKS — without a terminal window babysitting them.

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macOS 14+Apple siliconNotarized .dmgFrom $19
PipeworksFileEditTunnelView
Pipeworks Thu 9:41
Pipeworks 4 tunnels
Prod API L
127.0.0.1:8080 api.internal:80
2h 14m
Metrics Proxy SOCKS
127.0.0.1:1080 SOCKS
Connecting…
Staging DB L
Connection refused
Edge Cache R
0.0.0.0:6379 127.0.0.1:6379
What it does

A tunnel manager that gets out of the way.

Everything you'd reach for ssh to do, parked in the menu bar and kept alive for you.

Local, remote & SOCKS

Forward a port inward, expose one outward, or open a dynamic SOCKS proxy. Every -L / -R / -D — without the flag-juggling.

Lives in the menu bar

No window to babysit. Your tunnels sit one click away, and the icon itself tells you whether anything's up.

Autostart & auto-reconnect

Flag the ones you always need. Pipeworks opens them at login and quietly re-dials whenever a connection drops.

Live status & throughput

Connected, connecting, failed — color-coded at a glance, with a throughput sparkline on every active tunnel.

Three kinds of pipe

Forward it any direction.

ssh -L

Local forward

Reach a remote service as if it were running on your own machine.

ssh -L 5432:db.staging:5432 ada@ssh.staging
ssh -R

Remote forward

Expose a local port to the far side — share a dev server or webhook target.

ssh -R 6379:localhost:6379 root@edge
ssh -D

SOCKS proxy

One dynamic proxy that routes everything through the bastion.

ssh -D 1080 ada@bastion
Glance and know

One little pipe, three honest states.

The menu-bar glyph mirrors your tunnels — empty when nothing's up, flashing while it connects, full when you're piped through.

Empty pipe
Idle

Empty pipe

Nothing connected — the menu bar stays quiet and out of mind.

Filling up
Connecting

Filling up

The body holds while the mouth flashes — Pipeworks is dialing in.

Full pipe
Connected

Full pipe

Tunnels are live. One glance at the bar and you know it.

Pricing

Buy it once. It's yours.

No subscription, no account. A one-time license with a year of updates — keep the version you bought for good.

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Personal
$19one-time
For you and your own machines.
  • Local, remote & SOCKS forwards
  • Autostart & auto-reconnect
  • Live status & throughput
  • Use on all your own Macs
  • One year of updates
Buy Pipeworks
Team
$12/ seat
License the whole crew.
  • Everything in Personal
  • Centralized billing & invoicing
  • Priority support
  • Volume pricing, 5 seats and up
Get a team license

Want to kick the tires first? Download a 14-day trial — every feature, no card.

Direct from us

Not on the App Store — on purpose.

App Store sandboxing would choke real SSH tunnels, so Pipeworks ships straight from here. It's signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple — macOS verifies it before it ever runs.

Signed & notarized by Apple
1

Download the .dmg

About 4 MB, signed and notarized. Opens to a familiar drag-and-drop window.

2

Drag to Applications

Drop the Pipeworks icon into your Applications folder. That's the install.

3

Open it

First launch, right-click → Open. After that it just lives in your menu bar.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is it a one-time purchase or a subscription?
One-time. You buy a license, you own that version for good, and it includes a year of updates.
How many Macs does a license cover?
A Personal license covers the Macs you personally use — your laptop and desktop count together.
Why isn't Pipeworks on the Mac App Store?
App Store sandboxing blocks the process control real SSH tunnels need. Pipeworks ships straight from here, signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
Does it store my passwords or keys?
No. Pipeworks drives your existing ssh setup — it reads ~/.ssh/config and uses the system SSH agent. Nothing about your hosts or keys leaves your Mac.
Can I try it before I buy?
Yes. The download runs as a 14-day trial with every feature unlocked — no account, no card.
What do I need to run it?
macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, on Apple silicon.
What's your refund policy?
Email within 30 days for a full refund, no interrogation.
Pipeworks

Pipe it through.

Notarized, out of your way, and yours for a one-time $19. Grab the trial and your first tunnel is a minute off.

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v1.0 · 4.2 MB · macOS 14 Sonoma+ · Apple silicon
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