DNSCryptGUI-OSX 💻

A native SwiftUI menu bar + window app for managing dnscrypt-proxy on Apple Macs 🍎.

Features ⭐

• Start / Stop / Restart of the dnscrypt-proxy service
• Live status indicator (menu bar + window) with running state, current resolver, and system DNS
• Resolver browser with protocol filter
• TOML config editor with validation and backup-on-save
• Live tail log viewer (last N lines, auto-scrolling)
• Auto-selection mode (let dnscrypt-proxy pick fastest servers by protocol)
• One-click Homebrew install / upgrade of dnscrypt-proxy
• Set system DNS to 127.0.0.1 or ::1 on the active network service (with admin auth)
• Launch GUI at login (SMAppService, macOS 13+)
• Connection status: resolves whoami.cloudflare etc. to confirm DNS is actually going through the proxy
• Coming soon to the AppStore

Architecture 📂

In Progress...

Building 🧰

Source code coming soon...

Runtime requirements 🏃

• macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon (arm64). Intel Macs should also work; Homebrew paths differ (/usr/local vs /opt/homebrew) and the code handles both.
• Homebrew installed at /opt/homebrew (arm64) or /usr/local (x86_64).
• The first admin action (install, start, set DNS) will prompt for your password via the standard macOS admin dialog.

Known TODOs ⏰

• Add resolver latency probing (loop over 127.0.0.1:53 or ::1 with each configured server exclusively enabled and time A queries).
• Replace the handrolled TOML reader in ProxyConfig/ConfigService with a real TOML library (e.g. TOMLKit) so mutations are lossless across nested tables.
• Add per-interface DNS management (Wi-Fi vs Ethernet) instead of "active service only".

License 🔑

MIT - do whatever you want.