torgate.

DNS, WITH A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

Your DNS.
A different
way through.

Give your DNS lookups a route through Tor. Torgate is a small, native macOS utility that lives in your menu bar and keeps the choice in your hands.

Get Torgate

Built for macOS. Open source. No separate Tor daemon.

A SMALL TOOL. A SPECIFIC JOB.

Torgate routes DNS lookups, not your web browsing or other app traffic. It is not a VPN.

01 / UNDER THE HOOD

Less setup.
More say in the route.

01

Tor, built in.

An embedded Arti client builds a Tor connection in the background. No separate Tor installation or SOCKS port to configure.

02

At home on your Mac.

A native menu-bar app and macOS Network Extension handle DNS forwarding. Choose when to enable it and which mode to use.

03

Two ways to run.

Enabled prefers Tor, with direct DNS fallback when Tor is unavailable or too slow. Strict uses Tor-only DNS while the proxy is running.

02 / TAKE THE NEXT ROUTE

Small app.
Deliberate choices.

A home in your menu bar.
A little more intention behind every lookup.

Torgate 0.0.1

Version 0.0.1 · build 1 · DMG

Download for macOS

· macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon

Release notes

03 / GETTING STARTED

From disk image
to menu bar.

Once a release is available:

  1. Install Torgate.

    Download and open the DMG, then install Torgate.app. Follow the instructions included with the release.

  2. Approve the extension.

    Open Torgate and approve its macOS Network Extension when prompted.

  3. Choose your mode.

    Explicitly enable Enabled or Strict mode. Installing the app alone does not enable DNS interception.

04 / FIELD NOTES

What’s new.

Version 0.0.1 (build 1)

  • Initial release of Torgate for macOS on Apple Silicon.

Full release notes