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<info>
 <link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first" />
 <desc>How to download Tor Browser</desc>
</info>

<title>Downloading</title>

The safest and simplest way to download Tor Browser is from the official
Tor Project website at https://www.torproject.org. Your connection to
the site will be secured using
<link xref='secure-connections'>HTTPS</link>, so you can be sure that no
one is tampering with your copy of the software while you download it.

However, there may be times when you cannot access the Tor Project
website: for example, it could be blocked on your network. If this
happens, you can use one of the alternative download methods listed
below.

<section id="satori">
<title>Satori</title>
 
 Satori is an add-on for the Chrome or Chromium browsers that allows you
 to download several security and privacy programs from different
 sources.
 
 
 To download Tor Browser using Satori:
 
 <steps>
 <item>
 
 Install Satori from the Chrome App Store.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Select Satori from your browser’s Apps menu.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 When Satori opens, click on your preferred language. A menu will open
 listing the available downloads for that language. Find the entry for
 Tor Browser under the name of your operating system. Select
 either “A” or “B” after the name of the program — each one represents
 a different source from which to get the software. Your download will
 then begin.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Wait for your download to finish, then find the “Generate Hash”
 section in Satori’s menu and click “Select Files”.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Select the downloaded Tor Browser file. Satori will display the
 checksum of the file, which you should compare with the software’s
 original checksum: you can find this by clicking the word “checksum”
 after the link you clicked on to start the download. If the checksums
 match, your download was successful, and you can
 <link xref='first-time'>begin using Tor Browser</link>. If they do not
 match, you may need to try downloading again, or from a different
 source.
 
 </item>
 </steps>
</section>

<section id="gettor">
<title>GetTor</title>
 
 GetTor is an email-based service that automatically responds to
 messages with links to the latest version of Tor Browser, hosted at a
 variety of locations, such as Dropbox.
 
 
 
 To use GetTor:
 
 <steps>
 <item>
 
 Send an email to gettor@torproject.org, and in the body
 of the message simply write “windows”, “osx”, or “linux”, (without
 quotation marks) depending on your operating system.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 GetTor will respond with an email containing links from which you can
 download the Tor Browser package, the cryptographic signature (needed
 for verifying the download), the fingerprint of the key used to make
 the signature, and the package’s checksum. You may be offered a choice
 of “32-bit” or “64-bit” software: this depends on the model of the
 computer you are using.
 
 </item>
 </steps>
</section>

<section id="website-mirror">
<title>Tor website mirrors</title>
 
 A number of volunteers around the world host “mirrors” of the Tor
 Project website. These are identical copies of all the content and
 software on the main website, hosted at different IP addresses and
 URLs. The Tor Project periodically checks mirrored versions of the
 software to make sure they are the same as the originals.
 
 
 
 If the main Tor website is blocked for you, and the automated
 distribution methods above do not work, send an email to
 help@rt.torproject.org asking for some website mirror addresses. You
 should then be able to download Tor Browser as normal from these sites.
 Please note that you should take extra care to verify the software you
 download from a mirror, to ensure that it has not been tampered with.
 
</section>

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