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5) #include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor: Volunteer" CHARSET="UTF-8"
6) <div id="content" class="clearfix">
7)   <div id="breadcrumbs">

8)     <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>

9)     <a href="<page getinvolved/volunteer>">Volunteer</a>
10)   </div>

11)   <div id="maincol">

12)     <!-- PUT CONTENT AFTER THIS TAG -->
13)     <h1>A few things everyone can do now:</h1>
14)     <ol>
15)     <li>Please consider <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">running
16)     a relay</a> to help the Tor network grow.</li>

17)     <li>Tell your friends! Get them to run relays. Get them to run onion

18)     services. Get them to tell their friends.</li>
19)     <li>If you like Tor's goals, please <a href="<page donate/donate>">take a moment
20)     to donate to support further Tor development</a>. We're also looking
21)     for more sponsors &mdash; if you know any companies, NGOs, agencies,
22)     or other organizations that want anonymity / privacy / communications
23)     security, let them know about us.</li>
24)     <li>We're looking for more <a href="<page about/torusers>">good examples of Tor
25)     users and Tor use cases</a>. If you use Tor for a scenario or purpose not
26)     yet described on that page, and you're comfortable sharing it with us,
27)     we'd love to hear from you.</li>
28)     </ol>

29) 

30)     <a id="Documentation"></a>
31)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Documentation">Documentation</a></h2>
32)     <ol>

33)     <li>Help translate the
34) <!-- web page and -->
35)     documentation into other

36)     languages. See the <a href="<page getinvolved/translation>">translation
37)     guidelines</a> if you want to help out. We especially need Arabic or
38)     Farsi translations, for the many Tor users in censored areas.</li>
39)     <li>Evaluate and document

40)     <a href="<wiki>doc/TorifyHOWTO">our

41)     list of programs</a> that can be configured to use Tor.</li>
42)     <li>We have a huge list of <a

43)     href="<wiki>doc/SupportPrograms">potentially useful

44)     programs that interface with Tor</a>. Which ones are useful in which

45)     situations? Please help us test them out and document your results.</li>
46)     </ol>

47) 

48)     <a id="Advocacy"></a>
49)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Advocacy">Advocacy</a></h2>
50)     <ol>

51)     <li>Monitor some of our <a
52)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo">public mailing
53)     lists</a>, like <a
54)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk">tor-talk</a>, <a
55)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">tor-relays</a>, <a
56)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev">tor-dev</a>, or <a
57)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tbb-dev">tbb-dev</a>,

58)     and summarize noteworthy changes into articles for our blog and <a
59)     href="https://newsletter.torproject.org/">newsletter</a>.</li>

60)     <li>Create a presentation that can be used for various user group
61) meetings around the world.</li>

62)     <li>Create a video about the positive uses of Tor, what Tor is,
63)     or how to use it.  Some have already started on <a

64)     href="https://media.torproject.org/video/">Tor's Media server</a>,

65)     <a

66)     href="http://www.howcast.com/videos/90601-How-To-Circumvent-an-Internet-Proxy/">Howcast</a>,
67)     and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/thetorproject">YouTube</a>.</li>

68)     <li>Create a poster around a theme, such as "Tor for Freedom!"</li>

69)     <li>Create a t-shirt design that incorporates "<a
70)     href="https://check.torproject.org/">Congratulations! You are using
71)     Tor!</a>" in any language.</li>

72)     <li>Spread the word about Tor at a symposium or conference and use these
73)     <a href="https://media.torproject.org/misc/2015-03-tor-brochure/">Tor
74)     brochures</a> in PDF and ODG format and translated to at least ten
75)     different languages as conversation starter.</li>

76)     </ol>

77) 

78)     <a id="gsoc"></a>
79)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#gsoc">Google Summer of Code</a></h2>
80) 
81)     <p>
82)     Tor is also taking part in this year's <a

83)     href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google
84)     Summer of Code</a>! To apply but you need to be either <a
85)     href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq#what_are_the_eligibility_requirements_for_participation">a
86)     present student or just graduated</a>. <b>See our page for <a href="<page
87)     about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a> for more information.</b>

88)     </p>
89) 

90)     <a id="Projects"></a>
91)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Projects">Projects</a></h2>

92) 

93)     <p>
94)     Below are a list of Tor related projects we're developing and/or
95)     maintaining. Most discussions happen on IRC so if you're interested in any
96)     of these (or you have a project idea of your own), then please <a

97)     href="<page about/contact>#irc">join us in #tor-dev</a>. Don't be shy
98)     to ask questions, and don't hesitate to ask even if the main contributors
99)     aren't active at that moment.

100)     </p>

101) 

102)     <p>
103)     For a presentation summarizing many of these projects see...
104)     </p>
105) 
106)     <div id="ecosystem_presentation">

107)       <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6iqZcQsSg">Tor Ecosystem</a> (<a href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2013-11-t3am-damian-johnson.mp4">mp4</a>, <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/presentations/2013-11-t3am-tor-ecosystem.pdf">slides</a>)

108)     </div>
109) 
110)     <br /></br />
111) 

112)     <table id="projects">
113)       <tr>
114)         <th>Name</th>
115)         <th>Category</th>
116)         <th>Language</th>
117)         <th>Activity</th>
118)         <th>Contributors</th>
119)       </tr>

120) 

121)       <tr>
122)         <td><a href="#project-tor">Tor</a></td>
123)         <td>Core</td>
124)         <td>C</td>
125)         <td>Heavy</td>

126)         <td>nickm, athena, arma, dgoulet, asn, teor</td>

127)       </tr>

128) 

129)       <tr>

130)         <td><a href="#project-torbrowser">Tor Browser</a></td>

131)         <td>Bundle</td>

132)         <td>Javascript, XUL, Scripting</td>

133)         <td>Heavy</td>

134)         <td>mikeperry, Pearl Crescent, GeKo</td>

135)       </tr>
136) 

137)       <tr>

138)         <td><a href="#project-httpseverywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a></td>
139)         <td>Browser Add-on</td>
140)         <td>Javascript</td>

141)         <td>Moderate</td>

142)         <td>pde, mikeperry</td>

143)       </tr>

144) 

145)       <tr>

146)         <td><a href="#project-nyx">Nyx</a></td>

147)         <td>User Interface</td>
148)         <td>Python, Curses</td>

149)         <td>Moderate</td>

150)         <td>atagar</td>
151)       </tr>

152) 

153)       <tr>

154)         <td><a href="#project-orbot">Orbot</a></td>
155)         <td>User Interface</td>
156)         <td>Java</td>

157)         <td>Moderate</td>

158)         <td>n8fr8</td>

159)       </tr>

160) 

161)       <tr>

162)         <td><a href="#project-tails">Tails</a></td>
163)         <td>OS image</td>
164)         <td>Sys Admin</td>
165)         <td>Heavy</td>
166)         <td><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">#tails</a></td>

167)       </tr>

168) 

169)       <tr>

170)         <td><a href="#project-torramdisk">tor-ramdisk</a></td>
171)         <td>OS image</td>
172)         <td>Sys Admin</td>

173)         <td>Light</td>

174)         <td>blueness</td>
175)       </tr>
176) 

177)       <tr>

178)         <td><a href="#project-torsocks">Torsocks</a></td>
179)         <td>Usability</td>
180)         <td>C</td>

181)         <td>Light</td>

182)         <td>David Goulet</td>

183)       </tr>
184) 

185)       <tr>
186)         <td><a href="#project-tormessenger">Tor Messenger</a></td>
187)         <td>Bundle</td>
188)         <td>JavaScript, XUL, Scripting</td>
189)         <td>Heavy</td>
190)         <td>arlolra, boklm, sukhe</td>
191)       </tr>
192) 

193)       <tr>

194)         <td><a href="#project-torbirdy">TorBirdy</a></td>
195)         <td>Browser Add-on</td>
196)         <td>JavaScript</td>

197)         <td>Light</td>
198)         <td>sukhe</td>

199)       </tr>

200) 

201)       <tr>

202)         <td><a href="#project-shadow">Shadow</a></td>

203)         <td>Simulator</td>

204)         <td>C, Python</td>

205)         <td>Moderate</td>

206)         <td>robgjansen</td>
207)       </tr>

208) 

209)       <tr>
210)         <td><a href="#project-chutney">Chutney</a></td>
211)         <td>Simulator</td>
212)         <td>Python</td>
213)         <td>Light</td>

214)         <td>teor</td>

215)       </tr>
216) 

217)       <tr>

218)         <td><a href="#project-stem">Stem</a></td>

219)         <td>Library</td>
220)         <td>Python</td>

221)         <td>Heavy</td>

222)         <td>atagar</td>

223)       </tr>

224) 

225)       <tr>

226)         <td><a href="#project-txtorcon">Txtorcon</a></td>
227)         <td>Library</td>
228)         <td>Python, Twisted</td>

229)         <td>Moderate</td>

230)         <td>meejah</td>
231)       </tr>

232) 

233)       <tr>
234)         <td><a href="#project-metrics-lib">metrics-lib</a></td>
235)         <td>Library</td>
236)         <td>Java</td>
237)         <td>Moderate</td>
238)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
239)       </tr>
240) 

241)       <tr>

242)         <td><a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a></td>
243)         <td>Client Service</td>
244)         <td>Java</td>

245)         <td>Heavy</td>

246)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>

247)       </tr>

248) 

249)       <tr>

250)         <td><a href="#project-atlas">Relay Search</a></td>

251)         <td>Client Service</td>
252)         <td>JavaScript</td>

253)         <td>Light</td>

254)         <td>irl</td>

255)       </tr>

256) 

257)       <tr>

258)         <td><a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a></td>
259)         <td>Backend Service</td>

260)         <td>Java</td>

261)         <td>Heavy</td>
262)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>

263)       </tr>
264) 

265)       <tr>
266)         <td><a href="#project-exitmap">ExitMap</a></td>
267)         <td>Backend Service</td>
268)         <td>Python</td>

269)         <td>None</td>

270)         <td>phw</td>
271)       </tr>
272) 

273)       <tr>
274)         <td><a href="#project-doctor">DocTor</a></td>
275)         <td>Backend Service</td>
276)         <td>Python</td>

277)         <td>Light</td>

278)         <td>atagar</td>
279)       </tr>
280) 

281)       <tr>

282)         <td><a href="#project-gettor">GetTor</a></td>
283)         <td>Client Service</td>
284)         <td>Python</td>

285)         <td>None</td>

286)         <td>ilv</td>

287)       </tr>

288) 

289)       <tr>

290)         <td><a href="#project-torcheck">TorCheck</a></td>
291)         <td>Client Service</td>

292)         <td>Go</td>

293)         <td>None</td>

294)         <td>Arlo</td>

295)       </tr>

296) 

297)       <tr>

298)         <td><a href="#project-bridgedb">BridgeDB</a></td>
299)         <td>Backend Service</td>
300)         <td>Python</td>

301)         <td>Light</td>

302)         <td>isis</td>

303)       </tr>

304) 

305)       <tr>

306)         <td><a href="#project-ooni-probe">Ooni Probe</a></td>

307)         <td>Scanner</td>
308)         <td>Python</td>

309)         <td>Heavy</td>

310)         <td>hellais, aagbsn</td>

311)       </tr>
312) 

313)       <tr>
314)         <td><a href="#project-torps">TorPS</a></td>
315)         <td>Backend Service</td>
316)         <td>Python</td>

317)         <td>None</td>

318)         <td>Aaron Johnson</td>
319)       </tr>
320) 

321)       <tr>

322)         <td><a href="#project-torflow">TorFlow</a></td>
323)         <td>Backend Service</td>
324)         <td>Python</td>

325)         <td>None</td>

326)         <td>aagbsn</td>

327)       </tr>

328) 

329)       <tr>
330)         <td><a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a></td>
331)         <td>Backend Service</td>
332)         <td>Java</td>

333)         <td>Moderate</td>

334)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
335)       </tr>
336) 
337)       <tr>
338)         <td><a href="#project-exonerator">ExoneraTor</a></td>
339)         <td>Client Service</td>
340)         <td>Java</td>
341)         <td>Light</td>
342)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
343)       </tr>

344) 
345)       <tr>
346)         <td><a href="#project-anonbib">Anonbib</a></td>
347)         <td>Website</td>
348)         <td>Python</td>
349)         <td>None</td>
350)         <td>arma, nickm</td>
351)       </tr>

352)     </table>

353) 

354)     <sub>
355)     * Project is still in an alpha state.
356)     </sub>

357) 

358)     <br /><br />

359) 

360)     <a id="project-tor"></a>
361)     <h3>Tor (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git">code</a>, <a

362)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/12">bug

363)     tracker</a>)</h3>

364) 

365)     <p>
366)     Central project, providing the core software for using and participating in
367)     the Tor network. Numerous people contribute to the project to varying
368)     extents, but the chief architects are Nick Mathewson and Roger Dingledine.
369)     </p>

370) 

371)     <p>
372)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />

373)     <i><a href="#improveOnionServices">Help improve Tor onion services</a></i><br />

374)     <i><a href="#torFuzzing">Fuzzing coverage of Tor</a></i><br />
375)     <i><a href="#relayCryptoParallelism">Relay crypto parallelism</a></i><br />
376)     <i><a href="#anonymousLocalCountStatistics">Anonymous local count statistics</a></i><br />
377)     <i><a href="#improveSocks5Variant">Improved SOCKS5 variant</a></i><br />

378)     <i><a href="#onionServiceCryptoParallelism">Onion service crypto parallelism</a></i><br />

379)     <i><a href="#supportAllDNS">Support all kinds of DNS in Tor</a></i><br />
380)     <i><a href="#improveIpv6Support">Improve IPv6 support</a></i>

381)     </p>

382) 

383)     <a id="project-torbrowser"></a>

384)     <h3><a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser</a> (<a

385)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git">code</a>, <a

386)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Browser&component=Applications%2FTorbutton&component=Applications%2FTor+Launcher&component=Applications%2FTor+bundles%2Finstallation&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=priority">bug

387)     tracker</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">design doc</a>)</h3>
388) 

389)     <p>

390)     Tor Browser is an easy-to-use, portable package of Tor, HTTPS-Everywhere,
391)     NoScript, TorLauncher, Torbutton, and a Firefox fork, all  preconfigured

392)     to work together out of
393)     the box. The modified copy of Firefox aims to resolve the

394)     privacy and security issues in mainline version.

395)     </p>

396) 

397)     <p>
398)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />

399)     <i><a href="#feedbackExtension">Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</a></i><br />

400)     <i><a href="#torBrowserCrashReport">Crash Reporter for Tor Browser</a></i><br />
401)     <i><a href="#fasterTorBrowser">Make Tor Browser Faster</a></i>

402)     </p>
403) 

404)     <a id="project-httpseverywhere"></a>
405)     <h3><a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a> (<a
406)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/https-everywhere.git">code</a>, <a
407)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/19">bug

408)     tracker</a>)</h3>

409) 

410)     <p>

411)     HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts
412)     your communications with many major websites, making your browsing
413)     more secure.

414)     </p>

415) 

416)     <a id="project-nyx"></a>

417)     <h3><a href="https://nyx.torproject.org/">Nyx</a> (<a

418)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/nyx.git">code</a>, <a

419)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FNyx&order=priority">bug

420)     tracker</a>)</h3>

421) 

422)     <p>

423)     Nyx (previously <i>arm</i>) is a terminal status monitor for Tor

424)     intended for command-line aficionados, ssh connections, and anyone with a
425)     tty terminal. This works much like top does for system usage, providing
426)     real time statistics for bandwidth, resource usage, connections, and quite
427)     a bit more.

428)     </p>

429) 

430)     <a id="project-orbot"></a>
431)     <h3><a href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/">Orbot</a> (<a

432)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git">code</a>, <a

433)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FOrbot&order=priority">bug

434)     tracker</a>)</h3>

435) 
436)     <p>

437)     Provides Tor on the Android platform. The project is under active
438)     development, updates to latest Tor releases, and working to stay up to

439)     date with all changes in Android and mobile threats.

440)     </p>
441) 
442)     <a id="project-tails"></a>
443)     <h3><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">The Amnesic Incognito Live System</a> (<a

444)     href="https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/">code</a>, <a
445)     href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails">bug

446)     tracker</a>, <a href="https://tails.boum.org/doc/">documentation</a>, <a

447)     href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/">design</a>, <a

448)     href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/">contribute</a>)</h3>

449) 
450)     <p>
451)     The Amnesic Incognito Live System is a live CD/USB distribution
452)     preconfigured so that everything is safely routed through Tor and leaves no
453)     trace on the local system. This is a merger of the Amnesia and <a

454)     href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080512054152/http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/">Incognito</a> projects,

455)     and still under very active development.
456)     </p>
457) 

458)     <a id="project-torramdisk"></a>
459)     <h3><a href="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk">Tor-ramdisk</a> (<a

460)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-ramdisk.git">code</a>, <a

461)     href="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk-documentation">documentation</a>)</h3>

462) 
463)     <p>

464)     Tor-ramdisk is a uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose sole
465)     purpose is to securely host a Tor server purely in RAM.

466)     </p>
467) 

468)     <a id="project-torsocks"></a>

469)     <h3>Torsocks (<a

470)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git">code</a>, <a

471)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FTorsocks&order=priority">bug

472)     tracker</a>)</h3>
473) 

474)     <p>

475)     Utility for adapting other applications to work with Tor. Development has
476)     slowed and compatibility issues remain with some platforms, but it's
477)     otherwise feature complete.

478)     </p>

479) 

480)     <a id="project-tormessenger"></a>
481)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger">Tor Messenger</a> (<a
482)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-messenger-build.git">code</a>, <a

483)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=merge_ready&status=needs_information&status=needs_review&status=needs_revision&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Messenger&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

484) 
485)     <p>
486)     Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor.
487)     </p>
488) 

489)     <a id="project-torbirdy"></a>
490)     <h3>TorBirdy (<a

491)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbirdy.git">code</a>, <a

492)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy/dev">bug
493)     tracker</a>)</h3>

494) 

495)     <p>
496)     TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird and related Mozilla mail clients.
497)     </p>

498) 

499)     <a id="project-shadow"></a>

500)     <h3><a href="http://shadow.github.io/">Shadow</a> (<a

501)     href="https://github.com/shadow">code</a>, <a
502)     href="https://github.com/shadow/shadow/issues">bug
503)     tracker</a>)</h3>

504) 

505)     <p>
506)     Shadow is a discrete-event network simulator that runs the real
507)     Tor software as a plug-in. Shadow is open-source software that enables
508)     accurate, efficient, controlled, and repeatable Tor experimentation.

509)     For another simulator, see <a

510)     href="https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/software/exptor/">ExperimenTor</a>.

511)     </p>

512) 

513)     <a id="project-chutney"></a>
514)     <h3>Chutney (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git">code</a>,
515)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_information&status=needs_review&status=needs_revision&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FChutney&order=priority">bug
516)     tracker</a>)</h3>
517) 
518)     <p>
519)     Integration test suite that spawns a local tor network, checking the
520)     interactions of its components.
521)     </p>
522) 

523)     <a id="project-stem"></a>

524)     <h3><a href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a> (<a

525)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git">code</a>, <a

526)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/stem/bugs">bug

527)     tracker</a>)</h3>

528) 

529)     <p>

530)     Python controller library for scripts and controller applications using
531)     Tor.

532)     </p>

533) 

534)     <a id="project-txtorcon"></a>

535)     <h3><a href="https://txtorcon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">Txtorcon</a> (<a

536)     href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">code</a>, <a

537)     href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon/issues">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

538) 

539)     <p>
540)     Twisted-based asynchronous Tor control protocol implementation. Includes
541)     unit-tests, examples, state-tracking code and configuration abstraction.
542)     Used by OONI and APAF.
543)     </p>

544) 

545)     <a id="project-metrics-lib"></a>
546)     <h3>metrics-lib
547)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git">code</a>,
548)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2Fmetrics-lib&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
549) 
550)     <p>metrics-lib is a Java library that processes Tor network data
551)     provided by <a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a> or from other
552)     sources.</p>
553) 

554)     <a id="project-metrics"></a>

555)     <h3><a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">Metrics</a> (<a

556)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git">web</a>)</h3>

557) 

558)     <p>
559)     Processing and analytics of consensus data, provided to users via the
560)     metrics portal. This has been under active development for several years by

561)     Karsten Loesing.

562)     </p>

563) 

564)     <a id="project-atlas"></a>

565)     <h3><a href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Relay Search</a> (<a

566)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/atlas.git">code</a>)</h3>

567) 

568)     <p>

569)     Relay Search is a web application to discover Tor relays and bridges. It
570)     provides useful information on how relays are configured along with graphics
571)     about their past usage.

572)     </p>

573) 

574)     <p>

575)     This is the spiritual successor to <a
576)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torstatus.git">TorStatus</a>, the <a

577)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torstatus/trunk/">original

578)     codebase</a> for which was written in PHP, and rewritten by students from

579)     Wesleyan as Django. If you dig into this space then also check out <a
580)     href="http://globe.rndm.de/">Globe</a>, another similar site that's since
581)     been discontinued.

582)     </p>
583) 

584)     <a id="project-onionoo"></a>

585)     <h3><a href="https://onionoo.torproject.org/">Onionoo</a> (<a
586)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/onionoo.git">code</a>,

587)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FOnionoo&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>

588) 
589)     <p>
590)     Onionoo is a JSON based protocol to learn information about currently
591)     running Tor relays and bridges.
592)     </p>
593) 

594)     <a id="project-exitmap"></a>
595)     <h3><a href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/">ExitMap</a> (<a
596)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap">code</a>, <a
597)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap/issues">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
598) 
599)     <p>

600)     Scanner for the Tor network by Philipp Winter to detect malicious and
601)     misconfigured exits. For more information about how it works see his <a
602)     href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/pets2014.pdf">Spoiled

603)     Onions</a> research paper.
604)     </p>
605) 

606)     <a id="project-doctor"></a>
607)     <h3>DocTor (<a
608)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git">code</a>, <a

609)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Core+Tor%2FDocTor&order=priority">bug

610)     tracker</a>)</h3>
611) 
612)     <p>
613)     DocTor is a notification service that monitors newly published descriptor
614)     information for issues. This is primarily a service to help the tor
615)     directory authority operators, but it also checks for a handful of other
616)     issues like sybil attacks.
617)     </p>
618) 

619)     <a id="project-weather"></a>

620)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/Weather">Weather</a> (<a

621)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/weather.git">code</a>, <a

622)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FTor+Weather&order=priority">bug

623)     tracker</a>)</h3>

624) 

625)     <p>
626)     Provides automatic notification to subscribed relay operators when their
627)     relay's unreachable. This underwent a rewrite by the <a
628)     href="http://hfoss.wesleyan.edu/">Wesleyan HFOSS team</a>, which went live
629)     in early 2011.
630)     </p>

631) 

632)     <a id="project-gettor"></a>

633)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/GetTor">GetTor</a> (<a

634)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/gettor.git">code</a>, <a

635)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FGetTor&order=priority">bug

636)     tracker</a>)</h3>

637) 

638)     <p>
639)     E-mail autoresponder providing Tor's packages over SMTP. This has been
640)     relatively unchanged for quite a while.
641)     </p>

642) 

643)     <a id="project-torcheck"></a>

644)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/TorCheck">TorCheck</a> (<a

645)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/check.git">code</a>, <a

646)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Applications%2FTor+Check&order=priority">bug

647)     tracker</a>)</h3>

648) 

649)     <p>

650)     Site for determining if the visitor is using Tor or not.

651)     </p>

652) 

653)     <a id="project-bridgedb"></a>

654)     <h3><a href="https://pythonhosted.org/bridgedb/">BridgeDB</a> (<a

655)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/bridgedb.git">code</a>, <a

656)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Obfuscation%2FBridgeDB&order=priority">bug

657)     tracker</a>)</h3>

658) 

659)     <p>
660)     Backend bridge distributor, handling the various pools they're distributed
661)     in. This was actively developed until Fall of 2010.
662)     </p>

663) 
664)     <a id="project-ooni-probe"></a>

665)     <h3><a href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">Ooni Probe</a> (<a

666)     href="https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/">code</a>, <a
667)     href="https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/issues">bug

668)     tracker</a>)</h3>
669) 
670)     <p>
671)     Censorship scanner, checking your local connection for blocked or modified
672)     content.
673)     </p>
674) 

675)     <a id="project-torps"></a>
676)     <h3>TorPS</a> (<a href="https://github.com/torps/torps">code</a>)</h3>
677) 
678)     <p>
679)     The Tor Path Simulator (TorPS) is a tool for efficiently simulating
680)     path selection in Tor. It chooses circuits and assigns user streams to
681)     those circuits in the same way that Tor does. TorPS is fast enough to
682)     perform thousands of simulations over periods of months.
683)     </p>
684) 

685)     <a id="project-torflow"></a>

686)     <h3><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/roadmaps/TorFlow">TorFlow</a> (<a

687)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git">code</a>, <a

688)     href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=needs_review&status=new&status=reopened&component=Metrics%2FTorflow&order=priority">bug

689)     tracker</a>)</h3>

690) 

691)     <p>
692)     Library and collection of services for actively monitoring the Tor network.
693)     These include the Bandwidth Scanners (measuring throughput of relays) and
694)     SoaT (scans for malicious or misconfigured exit nodes). SoaT was last
695)     actively developed in the Summer of 2010, and the Bandwidth Scanners a few
696)     months later. Both have been under active use since then, but development
697)     has stopped.
698)     </p>

699) 

700)     <a id="project-collector"></a>
701)     <h3><a href="https://collector.torproject.org/">CollecTor</a>
702)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git">code</a>,
703)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FCollecTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
704) 
705)     <p>CollecTor is the Tor network data archive that powers other
706)     services like <a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a> and
707)     <a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a>.</p>
708) 
709)     <a id="project-exonerator"></a>
710)     <h3><a href="https://exonerator.torproject.org/">ExoneraTor</a>
711)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git">code</a>,
712)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FExoneraTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
713) 
714)     <p>ExoneraTor is a service that answers the question whether there was
715)     a Tor relay running on a given IP address on a given date.</p>
716) 

717)     <a id="project-anonbib"></a>
718)     <h3><a
719)     href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">Anonymity Bibliography</a> (<a
720)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/anonbib.git">code</a>)</h3>
721) 
722)     <p>
723)     Anonbib is a list of important papers in the field of anonymity. It's
724)     also a set of scripts to generate the website from Latex (bibtex). If
725)     we're missing any important papers, please let us know!
726)     </p>
727) 

728)     <a id="Coding"></a>
729)     <a id="Summer"></a>

730)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#Coding">Project Ideas</a></h2>

731) 

732)     <p>

733)     You may find some of these projects to be good ideas for <a href="<page

734)     about/gsoc>">Google Summer of Code</a>. We have labelled each idea with
735)     which of our <a href="<page about/corepeople>">core developers</a> would be
736)     good mentors. If one or more of these ideas looks promising to you, please
737)     <a href="<page about/contact>">contact us</a> to discuss your plans rather
738)     than sending blind applications. You may also want to propose your own
739)     project idea &mdash; which often results in the best applications.

740)     </p>

741) 

742)     <ol>

743) 

744) 	#Keep old ids in case of incoming links.
745)     <a id="improveOnionServices"></a><a id="improveHiddenServices"></a>

746)     <li>

747)     <b>Help improve Tor onion services</b>

748)     <br>

749)     Language: <i>C</i>

750)     <br>

751)     Likely Mentors: <i>George (asn), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>

752)     <br><br>

753)     <p>

754) The onion services team is busy implementing <a

755) href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/224-rend-spec-ng.txt">proposal

756) 224</a> but we are always open to mentoring fun and exciting onion

757) service projects.

758)     </p>
759) 
760)     <p>

761) In the past, we've mentored a wide variety of projects related to onion

762) services, ranging from <a
763) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-April/010832.html">onion
764) search engines</a>, <a
765) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-May/037966.html">to

766) scaling techniques for onion services</a>,

767) and also various approaches
768) of making onion services more <a
769) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2012-June/003588.html">usable</a>
770) <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008826.html">by
771) common people</a>.

772)     </p>
773) 
774)     <p>

775) Let us know if you have a project you would like to work on, or check
776) our proposals and technical documents for <a
777) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2016-October/011514.html">various</a>
778) ideas.

779)     </p>
780)     </li>
781) 

782)     <a id="torFuzzing"></a>
783)     <li>
784)     <b>Fuzzing coverage of Tor</b>
785)     <br>
786)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), ahf, teor</i>
787)     <br><br>
788)     <p>
789) Starting in 0.3.0.x, Tor supports a few fuzzing systems to check our
790) code for bugs.  But as of now, we only support a few possible entry
791) points to Tor.  It would be great to add fuzzing support for more of
792) our codebase -- ideally to include our whole network-facing interface.
793) That way, we could find more bugs in our code faster, and fix them
794) before they can get out of hand.
795)     </p>
796) 
797)     <p>
798) This won't be so easy, however: to fuzz effectively, we need to
799) refactor or mock the target function so that it doesn't change any
800) global state, or verify any signatures, or take too long to run.  With
801) lots of our network code, that's not so easy.  Make sure you
802) understand how our mocking system works, and what the challenges are,
803) before you apply for this one.
804)     </p>
805)     </li>
806) 
807)     <a id="relayCryptoParallelism"></a>
808)     <li>
809)     <b>Relay crypto parallelism</b>
810)     <br>
811)     Likely Mentors: <i>Isis, Nick (nickm)</i>
812)     <br><br>
813)     <p>
814) Tor relays spend a lot of time encrypting and decrypting relay
815) traffic, doing SHA1 and AES-CTR operations.  But right now, all of
816) this is done in the main thread!  It would be cool to split this
817) across multiple cores instead.
818)     </p>
819) 
820)     <p>
821) This won't be so easy though.  The code today is written to expect
822) immediate results from its encryption operations, so you would need to
823) do some pretty tricky refactoring in order get performance and
824) correctness here.  Make sure you understand how circuit crypto is
825) invoked today, and what the challenges are, before you apply for this
826) one.
827)     </p>
828) 
829)     <p>
830) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1749">see its ticket</a>.
831)     </p>
832)     </li>
833) 
834)     <a id="anonymousLocalCountStatistics"></a>
835)     <li>
836)     <b>Anonymous local count statistics</b>
837)     <br>
838)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), teor</i>
839)     <br><br>
840)     <p>
841) There are some places in Tor where we count things (like distinct IPs)
842) to later report anonymized statistics.  But if the local Tor instance
843) were compromised, this data would be exposed.  There are statistical
844) methods which insteasd allow us to record this data in a way that's
845) already anonymous, before we ever summarize it.  Interested?
846)     </p>
847) 
848)     <p>
849) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7532">see its ticket</a>.
850)     </p>
851)     </li>
852) 
853)     <a id="improveSocks5Variant"></a>
854)     <li>
855)     <b>Improved SOCKS5 variant</b>
856)     <br>
857)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>
858)     <br><br>
859)     <p>
860) In proposal 229, we describe a bunch of additional SOCKS extensions
861) that Tor-aware applications could use to get more fine-grained control
862) over how Tor handles their streams.  It would be cool to implement
863) this!  If there's time remaining, you might want to add support to one
864) or more applications.  Or maybe to torsocks?
865)     </p>
866) 
867)     <p>
868) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12456">see its ticket</a>.
869)     </p>
870)     </li>
871) 

872) 	#Keep old ids in case of incoming links.
873)     <a id="onionServiceCryptoParallelism"></a><a id="hiddenServiceCryptoParallelism"></a>

874)     <li>

875)     <b>Onion service crypto parallelism</b>

876)     <br>
877)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>
878)     <br><br>
879)     <p>

880) Onion services, onion service clients, onion service directories,

881) and introduction points all need to do a few public-key operations as
882) they operate.  But right now, these operations are all done on the
883) main thread.  It would be good to have these run across multiple cores.
884)     </p>
885) 
886)     <p>

887) This could probably be done in a way similar to how we currently handle

888) circuit extension handshakes in onion.c and cpuworker.c, but we'd need

889) to extend the state machine for onion services to add an additional
890) state.  It could help onion services operate much more efficiently.

891)     </p>
892) 
893)     <p>
894) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13738">see its ticket</a>.
895)     </p>
896)     </li>
897) 
898)     <a id="supportAllDNS"></a>
899)     <li>
900)     <b>Support all kinds of DNS in Tor</b>
901)     <br>
902)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), George (asn)</i>
903)     <br><br>
904)     <p>
905) Right now Tor can query for the kind of DNS information you'd find in
906) A records, AAAA records, and PTR records.  It would be neat to be able
907) to support more general DNS queries to allow things like MX loopups,
908) DNSSEC lookups, and so on.  We have a design proposal (number 219) for
909) this, but it might need some clean-up.
910)     </p>
911) 
912)     <p>
913) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7829">see its ticket</a>.
914)     </p>
915)     </li>
916) 
917)     <a id="improveIpv6Support"></a>
918)     <li>
919)     <b>Improve IPv6 support</b>
920)     <br>
921)     Likely Mentors: <i>ahf, teor</i>
922)     <br><br>
923)     <p>
924) Tor works over IPv6, but require some manual configuration.
925) Clients and relays could automatically detect IPv6 availability,
926) and configure themselves appropriately. Implementing a
927) "happy eyeballs"-like algorithm is a challenge in an anonymity
928) network: are you up for it?
929)     </p>
930) 
931)     <ul>
932)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6939">Missing IPv6 ORPort reachability check</a></li>
933)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4847">Bridges binding only to an IPv6 address doesn't work</a></li>
934)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5940">Figure out own IPv6 address</a></li>
935)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17011">Teach chutney to verify over IPv6</a></li>
936)     </ul>
937) 
938)     <p>
939) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17811">see its ticket</a>.
940)     </p>
941)     </li>
942) 

943)     <a id="feedbackExtension"></a>
944)     <li>
945)     <b>Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</b>
946)     <br>
947)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nima (mrphs)</i>, <i>Sukhbir (sukhe)</i>
948)     <p>
949)     Design and implement an extension for Tor Browser that can be used to gather
950)     end-user UI/UX feedback on an opt-in basis. While the design and
951)     implementation is left as an exercise for the applicant (and also serves as
952)     the qualification task), examples of the information we are looking to gather
953)     can include troubleshooting network connectivity issues, testing the various
954)     pluggable transports, or gathering information about the network of the users.
955)     </p>
956) 
957)     <p>
958)     Please propose the extension design in a way that the information is strictly
959)     on an opt-in basis and scrubs any information that can be used to identify a
960)     user, and also come up with a way to send the gathered information to a
961)     central server, whether to an onion address (if the user has Tor running), or
962)     otherwise. To start with, we are looking to gather only text as part of the
963)     feedback process.
964)     </p>
965)     </li>
966) 
967)     <a id="torBrowserCrashReport"></a>
968)     <li>
969)     <b>Crash Reporter for Tor Browser</b>
970)     <br>
971)     Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>
972)     <p>
973)     Currently Tor Browser disables the Crash Reporter. We would like to
974)     build it reproducible, enable it, and configure it to report crashes
975)     containing non-detailed and impersonal information to Tor, on a .onion
976)     submission platform that would allow us to view and explore the
977)     crashes.
978)     </p>
979) 
980)     <p>
981)     The project will entail enabling the Crash Report on Tor Browser and
982)     creating a backend to receive reports from it. Once created, the crash
983)     reporter data will be analyzed and modified to fit Tor's requirements
984)     for personal data collection. As time permits, we will update the
985)     build system to ensure the crash reporter is built reproducibly and
986)     add data analysis tools for the crash report database to visualize top
987)     crashers and similar statistics.
988)     </p>
989)     </li>
990) 
991)     <a id="fasterTorBrowser"></a>
992)     <li>
993)     <b>Make Tor Browser Faster</b>
994)     <br>
995)     Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>
996)     <p>
997)     This project will enable and take advantage of HTTP/2, the Alt-Srv
998)     header, and tor's new single hop .onion mode to enable websites to
999)     transparently move their traffic to a .onion address. In addition to
1000)     improvements in security, we will benchmark page load and paint times
1001)     under normal HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and when taking advantage of features
1002)     such as Server Push.
1003)     </p>
1004)     </li>
1005) 

1006)     <a id="ahmiaSearch"></a>
1007)     <li>

1008)     <b>Ahmia - Onion Service Search</b>

1009)     <br>
1010)     Language: <i>Python, Django</i>
1011)     <br>
1012)     Likely Mentors: <i>Juha Nurmi (numes), George (asn)</i>
1013)     <p>

1014)     Ahmia is open-source search engine software for Tor onion service deep

1015)     dark web sites. You can test the running search engine at ahmia.fi. For
1016)     more information see our <a
1017)     href="https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/ahmiafi">blog post about
1018)     Ahmia's GSoC2014 development</a>.
1019)     </p>
1020) 
1021)     <p>
1022)     Ahmia is a working search engine that indexes, searches, and catalogs

1023)     content published on Tor Onion Services. Furthermore, it is an environment

1024)     to share meaningful insights, statistics, insights, and news about the Tor
1025)     network itself. In this context, there is a lot of work to do.
1026)     </p>
1027) 
1028)     <p>
1029)     The Ahmia web service is written using the Django web framework. As a
1030)     result, the server-side language is Python. On the client-side, most of the
1031)     pages are plain HTML. There are some pages that require JavaScript, but the
1032)     search itself works without client-side JavaScript.
1033)     </p>
1034) 
1035)     <p>
1036)     There are several possible directions for this project, including...
1037)     </p>
1038) 
1039)     <ol>
1040)       <li>Automate blacklisting (very important)<br />
1041)         <ul>
1042)           <li>Fetch a list of child abuse media sites</li>
1043)           <li>Remove these sites from the search results</li>
1044)         </ul>
1045)       </li>

1046)       <li>Add onion services function (very important)<br />

1047)         <ul>
1048)           <li>You can add onions using HTML form</li>
1049)           <li>Call the crawler immidiately when a new site is added</li>
1050)         </ul>
1051)       </li>
1052)       <li>Elasticsearch<br />
1053)         <ul>
1054)           <li>Must be updated to 5.X.X sooner or later</li>
1055)           <li>Adjust the settings</li>
1056)           <li>Automatically remove data older than, for instance, 90 days</li>
1057)         </ul>
1058)       </li>
1059)       <li>Maintainance<br />
1060)         <ul>
1061)           <li>Update all software dependencies</li>
1062)           <li>Automate crash recovery for Tor, Elasticsearch and crawler</li>
1063)         </ul>
1064)       </li>
1065)     </ol>
1066)     </li>
1067) 

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1070)     <li>
1071)     <b></b>
1072)     <br>

1073)     Language: <i>Python</i>

1074)     <br>
1075)     Likely Mentors: <i>Damian (atagar)</i>

1076)     <br><br>

1077)     <p>
1078) 
1079)     </p>
1080) 
1081)     <p>
1082) 
1083)     </p>
1084)     </li>
1085) -->
1086) 

1087)     <li>
1088)     <b>Bring up new ideas!</b>

1089)     <br>

1090)     Don't like any of these? Look at the <a

1091)     href="/press/presskit/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">Tor development

1092)     roadmap</a> for more ideas, or just try out Tor and Tor Browser,

1093)     and find out what you think needs fixing.

1094)     Some of the <a href="<specblob>proposals">current proposals</a>

1095)     might also be short on developers.
1096)     </li>

1097) 

1098)     </ol>
1099)   </div>
1100)   <!-- END MAINCOL -->
1101)   <div id = "sidecol">
1102) #include "side.wmi"
1103) #include "info.wmi"
1104)   </div>
1105)   <!-- END SIDECOL -->
1106) </div>
1107) <!-- END CONTENT -->