Tor Community Projects
+The Tor community of software and services aims to make your Internet +experience safer and better.
+ + + + +/icon-onionshare.png){kind=icon}
++OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share +a file of any size. +
++SecureDrop (secrdrop5wyphb5x.onion) is an open source whistleblower submission system that media +organizations can install to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. +It was originally coded by the late Aaron Swartz and is now managed by +Freedom of the Press Foundation. +
++GlobaLeaks is an open-source, free software intended to enable secure and +anonymous whistleblowing initiatives. The software is developed by the +Hermes Center for Transparency and +Digital Human Rights. +
++ChatSecure is a messaging application for iOS which allows OTR and OMEMO +encryption for the XMPP protocol. ChatSecure is free and open source software +available under the GNU General Public License. ChatSecure also features +built-in support for anonymous communication on the Tor network. +
+/cwtch-logo.png){kind=logo}
+Cwtch is an extension of the metadata resistant protocol Ricochet to support +asynchronous, multi-peer group communications through the use of discardable, +untrusted, anonymous infrastructure. +
++Warning: Cwtch is an experimental prototype. Please do not use +it for anything where security, privacy, or anonymity is critical. +
+/ricochet.png)
+Ricochet IM is an open-source, decentralized instant messenger project that +utilities the Tor network by design. It starts a Tor onion service on the users +local system and facilitates communication with other Ricochet users who are +also running their own Ricochet-created Tor onion service, providing End-to-End +encryption by never allowing the connection to leave the Tor network. +
++Warning: On some operating systems, Ricochet ships with +Tor 0.2.8.9. Tor 0.2.8.9 has several known onion service security issues, +including TROVE-2016-12-002 and later. Tor 0.2.8 has not been supported since +1 January 2018. Please update to a supported tor version before launching +Ricochet. Development stalled in November 2016, though it has been relatively +stable in the time since. +
++See also our wiki page + +Torify HOWTO / Instant Messaging +
++Ahmia (msydqstlz2kzerdg.onion) +is open-source search engine software that indexes, searches, and catalogs +content published on Tor Onion Services. Furthermore, it is an environment to +share meaningful insights, statistics, insights, and news about the Tor network +itself. In this context, there is a lot of work to do. +
++The Ahmia web service is written using the Django web framework. As a result, +the server-side language is Python. On the client-side, most of the pages are +plain HTML. There are some pages that require JavaScript, but the search itself +works without client-side JavaScript. +
++Orchid is a Tor client implementation and library written in pure Java. +Orchid runs on Java 5+ and the Android devices. It can be used to Tor-ify Java +and JVM applications with near transparency. In a basic use case, running +Orchid will open a SOCKS5 listener which can be used as a standalone client +where Tor would otherwise be used. +
++See our list of + +other Tor implementations +
+HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts your +communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. +
++NoScript allows JavaScript, Flash (and other plugins) only for trusted domains +of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based +pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities +(known and even unknown). +
++bine is a +Tor controller +written in Go. Its README has an example config to set up an onion service. +
++carml is a command-line collection of utilities to query and manipulate a +running Tor. It does terminal colours, plays nicely with grep, pipes and so +forth and is easily extensible. +
++Whonix is a Debian GNU/Linux based security-focused Linux distribution. +It aims to provide privacy, security and anonymity on the internet. +The operating system consists of two virtual machines, a "Workstation" and a +Tor "Gateway", running Debian GNU/Linux. All communications are forced through +the Tor network to accomplish this. +
++OnionBalance provides load-balancing and redundancy for Tor hidden services by +distributing requests to multiple backend Tor instances. +source +
++As of September 2018 support for + +Next-Generation Onion Services +was +in development. +
+Deprecated Community Projects
+
+Following projects have been useful in the past but are no longer maintained
+and may have security issues.
+They can still be interesting for developers.
+
+Tor-ramdisk is an i686 uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose +is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security and privacy. +Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve +their privacy and security on the Internet. Security is enhanced in Tor-ramdisk +by employing a monolithically compiled GRSEC/PaX patched kernel and hardened +system tools. +
++Roster is a Tor project that awards points and badges to relay operators based +on the performance of their families +
++OnionTip is a web app which parses Tor relay data to allow users to tip +volunteers for running relay in a fair and open way. https://oniontip.com +
++Cupcake Bridge helps users making bridges automagically with a browser +extension for Chrome and Firefox +
+