What are Onion Services?

Onion services are services that can only be accessed over Tor. Running an Onion Service gives your users all the security of HTTPS with the added privacy benefits of Tor Browser.

Community

How do Onion Services work?

Learn how Onion Services work.

Talk about onions

Become an onion advocate and explain the importance of Onion Services.

Set up Your Onion Service

Learn how to set up an onionsite of your very own.

Advanced settings

Learn more about how to configure client authentication, Onion-Location and more tips to secure your Onion Service.

Onionize any website

There is a toolkit that lets you take any existing website and host it as an onionsite too. This is important because onionsites are more secure than just regular sites. There is an installation guide for how to use this toolkit to onionize your site.

Check out the code

Featured onionsites

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https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/

https://facebookwkhpilnemxj7asaniu7vnjjbiltxjqhye3mhbshg7kx5tfyd.onion

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https://www.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion/

https://iykpqm7jiradoeezzkhj7c4b33g4hbgfwelht2evxxeicbpjy44c7ead.onion/

https://5yl6j7al5iwjn3kltayvumj5d25agnq4t6rznkvphossoqyzb3batwid.onion/

https://y7yea4pmqqtznb33qiugvysyn2bob5v62e4pvoadoibrwkq3tsddjeyd.onion/

https://www.amnestyl337aduwuvpf57irfl54ggtnuera45ygcxzuftwxjvvmpuzqd.onion/

https://archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/

Tools

OnionShare

SecureDrop

GlobaLeaks

Learn more

Are you interested in learning more about Onion Services? The Onion Services Ecosystem documentation is directed to everyone: from those who want to understand and use the technology, to the ones interested in advanced topics such as the current research.

Check our extensive documentation

Talk

Join our forum to speak with other onion service operators. Alternatively, you can subscribe to the tor-onions mailing list.

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