VPN Bypass for Mac
Menu bar app to route specific domains and services around your VPN.
By GeiserX. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 licence.
VPN Bypass at a glance
- Version
- 5.1.4
- Released
- 5 October 2026
- Download size
- 9.6 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Category
- Internet and Networking
- Developer
- GeiserX
- GitHub stars
- 127
About VPN Bypass
macOS menu-bar app for fine-grained VPN routing: bypass the VPN for chosen domains/services, force others through it, or (Custom mode) route each domain/subnet out a specific egress — direct, a specific VPN, an HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy, or a Tailscale peer. Includes a vpnb CLI.
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How to install VPN Bypass on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for VPN Bypass and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 5.1.4 from GeiserX's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to VPN Bypass show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: VPN-Bypass-5.1.4.dmg (9.6 MB).
What is new in VPN Bypass 5.1.4
## What's Changed ### 🐛 Bug Fixes - fix: keep /etc/hosts readable by the resolver so bypassed names stop going to the VPN's DNS (#171) --- ## Installation ### Homebrew (recommended) ```bash brew tap GeiserX/vpn-bypass brew install --cask vpn-bypass ``` ### Manual Download Download `VPN-Bypass-5.1.4.dmg` from the assets below. --- **SHA256:** `99cd4a79b94c8c0ea292e949e5e6207499d23b68cbb88e4f06ff8e15f495dc25` **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/GeiserX/VPN-Bypass/compare/v5.1.3...v5.1.4
