Awesome Tor is a curated list of resources, tools, and applications related to the Tor network.

[!NOTE] This product is produced independently from the Tor® anonymity software and carries no guarantee from The Tor Project about quality, suitability or anything else.

Tor is a free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication. Built on free and open-source software and more than seven thousand volunteer-operated relays worldwide, users can have their Internet traffic routed via a random path through the network.

Before you read, if you want to host a Snowflake bridge in your browser to help users in censored regions bypass censorship, click here. Thank you.

Contents

• Official Manual
• Applications
• Tails
• Tor / Tor Browser
• Other applications
• Bridges
• Bypass Censorship
• Public reception, Impact, News, and Legislation
• State of the Onion
• Whistleblowing

Official Manual

• About Tor Browser - Learn what Tor Browser can do to protect your privacy and anonymity.
• Anti-fingerprinting - How Tor Browser mitigates browser fingerprinting.
• Bridges - Most Pluggable Transports, such as obfs4, rely on the use of "bridge" relays.
• Circumvention - What to do if the Tor network is blocked.
• Downloading - How to download Tor Browser.
• Installation - Installing Tor Browser.
• Known Issues - Issues with Tor.
• Make Tor Browser Portable - How to install Tor Browser onto removable media.
• Managing Identities - Learn how to control personally identifying information in Tor Browser.
• Mobile Tor - Learn about Tor for mobile devices.
• Onion Services - Services that are only accessible using Tor.
• Plugins, add-ons, and JavaScript - How Tor Browser handles add-ons, plugins, and JavaScript.
• Running Tor Browser - Learn how to use Tor Browser for the first time.
• Secure Connections - Learn how to protect your data using Tor Browser and HTTPS.
• Security Settings - Configuring Tor Browser for security and usability.
• Support - How to get help, report a bug, or give feedback.
• Troubleshooting - What to do if Tor Browser doesn't work properly.
• Updating - How to update Tor Browser.
• Uninstalling - How to remove Tor Browser from your system.

Applications

Tails

A portable, Debian-based OS that runs from the RAM, leaving no trace. Uses Tor Browser as the primary browser. - Contribute - Documentation - Download - Homepage - How it works - News - Support

Tor / Tor Browser

Open-source web browser that enables anonymous communication by directing internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer, overlay network to conceal location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. - About - Commmunity - Donate - Download - Support - News - Core Tor / Little-t-tor - Installation / Verify source code - Forum / Support

Other applications

• ansible-relayor - This is an ansible role for tor relay operators.
• bine - Go library for accessing and embedding Tor clients and servers.