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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
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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">Atlas</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-compass">Compass</a></td>
259)         <td>Client Service</td>
260)         <td>Python</td>

261)         <td>None</td>
262)         <td></td>

263)       </tr>

264) 

265)       <tr>

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

268)         <td>Java</td>

269)         <td>Heavy</td>
270)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>

271)       </tr>
272) 

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

277)         <td>None</td>

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

281)       <tr>
282)         <td><a href="#project-doctor">DocTor</a></td>
283)         <td>Backend Service</td>
284)         <td>Python</td>

285)         <td>Light</td>

286)         <td>atagar</td>
287)       </tr>
288) 

289)       <tr>

290)         <td><a href="#project-gettor">GetTor</a></td>
291)         <td>Client Service</td>
292)         <td>Python</td>

293)         <td>None</td>

294)         <td>ilv</td>

295)       </tr>

296) 

297)       <tr>

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

300)         <td>Go</td>

301)         <td>None</td>

302)         <td>Arlo</td>

303)       </tr>

304) 

305)       <tr>

306)         <td><a href="#project-bridgedb">BridgeDB</a></td>
307)         <td>Backend Service</td>
308)         <td>Python</td>

309)         <td>Light</td>

310)         <td>isis</td>

311)       </tr>

312) 

313)       <tr>

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

315)         <td>Scanner</td>
316)         <td>Python</td>

317)         <td>Heavy</td>

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

319)       </tr>
320) 

321)       <tr>
322)         <td><a href="#project-torps">TorPS</a></td>
323)         <td>Backend Service</td>
324)         <td>Python</td>

325)         <td>None</td>

326)         <td>Aaron Johnson</td>
327)       </tr>
328) 

329)       <tr>

330)         <td><a href="#project-torflow">TorFlow</a></td>
331)         <td>Backend Service</td>
332)         <td>Python</td>

333)         <td>None</td>

334)         <td>aagbsn</td>

335)       </tr>

336) 

337)       <tr>
338)         <td><a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a></td>
339)         <td>Backend Service</td>
340)         <td>Java</td>

341)         <td>Moderate</td>

342)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
343)       </tr>
344) 
345)       <tr>
346)         <td><a href="#project-exonerator">ExoneraTor</a></td>
347)         <td>Client Service</td>
348)         <td>Java</td>
349)         <td>Light</td>
350)         <td>karsten, iwakeh</td>
351)       </tr>

352) 
353)       <tr>
354)         <td><a href="#project-anonbib">Anonbib</a></td>
355)         <td>Website</td>
356)         <td>Python</td>
357)         <td>None</td>
358)         <td>arma, nickm</td>
359)       </tr>

360)     </table>

361) 

362)     <sub>
363)     * Project is still in an alpha state.
364)     </sub>

365) 

366)     <br /><br />

367) 

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

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

371)     tracker</a>)</h3>

372) 

373)     <p>
374)     Central project, providing the core software for using and participating in
375)     the Tor network. Numerous people contribute to the project to varying
376)     extents, but the chief architects are Nick Mathewson and Roger Dingledine.
377)     </p>

378) 

379)     <p>
380)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />

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

382)     <i><a href="#torFuzzing">Fuzzing coverage of Tor</a></i><br />
383)     <i><a href="#relayCryptoParallelism">Relay crypto parallelism</a></i><br />
384)     <i><a href="#anonymousLocalCountStatistics">Anonymous local count statistics</a></i><br />
385)     <i><a href="#improveSocks5Variant">Improved SOCKS5 variant</a></i><br />

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

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

389)     </p>

390) 

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

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

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

394)     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

395)     tracker</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">design doc</a>)</h3>
396) 

397)     <p>

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

400)     to work together out of
401)     the box. The modified copy of Firefox aims to resolve the

402)     privacy and security issues in mainline version.

403)     </p>

404) 

405)     <p>
406)     <b>Project Ideas:</b><br />

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

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

410)     </p>
411) 

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

416)     tracker</a>)</h3>

417) 

418)     <p>

419)     HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts
420)     your communications with many major websites, making your browsing
421)     more secure.

422)     </p>

423) 

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

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

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

427)     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

428)     tracker</a>)</h3>

429) 

430)     <p>

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

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

436)     </p>

437) 

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

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

441)     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

442)     tracker</a>)</h3>

443) 
444)     <p>

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

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

448)     </p>
449) 
450)     <a id="project-tails"></a>
451)     <h3><a href="https://tails.boum.org/">The Amnesic Incognito Live System</a> (<a

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

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

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

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

457) 
458)     <p>
459)     The Amnesic Incognito Live System is a live CD/USB distribution
460)     preconfigured so that everything is safely routed through Tor and leaves no
461)     trace on the local system. This is a merger of the Amnesia and <a

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

463)     and still under very active development.
464)     </p>
465) 

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

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

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

470) 
471)     <p>

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

474)     </p>
475) 

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

477)     <h3>Torsocks (<a

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

479)     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

480)     tracker</a>)</h3>
481) 

482)     <p>

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

486)     </p>

487) 

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

491)     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>

492) 
493)     <p>
494)     Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor.
495)     </p>
496) 

497)     <a id="project-torbirdy"></a>
498)     <h3>TorBirdy (<a

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

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

502) 

503)     <p>
504)     TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird and related Mozilla mail clients.
505)     </p>

506) 

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

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

509)     href="https://github.com/shadow">code</a>, <a
510)     href="https://github.com/shadow/shadow/issues">bug
511)     tracker</a>)</h3>

512) 

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

517)     For another simulator, see <a

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

519)     </p>

520) 

521)     <a id="project-chutney"></a>
522)     <h3>Chutney (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/chutney.git">code</a>,
523)     <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
524)     tracker</a>)</h3>
525) 
526)     <p>
527)     Integration test suite that spawns a local tor network, checking the
528)     interactions of its components.
529)     </p>
530) 

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

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

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

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

535)     tracker</a>)</h3>

536) 

537)     <p>

538)     Python controller library for scripts and controller applications using
539)     Tor.

540)     </p>

541) 

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

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

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

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

546) 

547)     <p>
548)     Twisted-based asynchronous Tor control protocol implementation. Includes
549)     unit-tests, examples, state-tracking code and configuration abstraction.
550)     Used by OONI and APAF.
551)     </p>

552) 

553)     <a id="project-metrics-lib"></a>
554)     <h3>metrics-lib
555)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git">code</a>,
556)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2Fmetrics-lib&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
557) 
558)     <p>metrics-lib is a Java library that processes Tor network data
559)     provided by <a href="#project-collector">CollecTor</a> or from other
560)     sources.</p>
561) 

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

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

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

565) 

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

569)     Karsten Loesing.

570)     </p>

571) 

572)     <a id="project-atlas"></a>
573)     <h3><a href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Atlas</a> (<a
574)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/atlas.git">code</a>)</h3>

575) 

576)     <p>
577)     Atlas is a web application to discover Tor relays and bridges. It provides
578)     useful information on how relays are configured along with graphics about

579)     their past usage.

580)     </p>

581) 

582)     <p>

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

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

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

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

590)     </p>
591) 

592)     <a id="project-compass"></a>
593)     <h3><a href="https://compass.torproject.org/">Compass</a> (<a
594)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/compass.git">code</a>, <a

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

596)     tracker</a>)</h3>

597) 

598)     <p>
599)     Compass is a web and command line application that filters and
600)     aggregates the Tor relays based on various attributes.
601)     </p>

602) 
603)     <a id="project-onionoo"></a>

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

606)     <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>

607) 
608)     <p>
609)     Onionoo is a JSON based protocol to learn information about currently
610)     running Tor relays and bridges.
611)     </p>
612) 

613)     <a id="project-exitmap"></a>
614)     <h3><a href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/spoiled_onions/">ExitMap</a> (<a
615)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap">code</a>, <a
616)     href="https://github.com/NullHypothesis/exitmap/issues">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
617) 
618)     <p>

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

622)     Onions</a> research paper.
623)     </p>
624) 

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

628)     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

629)     tracker</a>)</h3>
630) 
631)     <p>
632)     DocTor is a notification service that monitors newly published descriptor
633)     information for issues. This is primarily a service to help the tor
634)     directory authority operators, but it also checks for a handful of other
635)     issues like sybil attacks.
636)     </p>
637) 

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

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

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

641)     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

642)     tracker</a>)</h3>

643) 

644)     <p>
645)     Provides automatic notification to subscribed relay operators when their
646)     relay's unreachable. This underwent a rewrite by the <a
647)     href="http://hfoss.wesleyan.edu/">Wesleyan HFOSS team</a>, which went live
648)     in early 2011.
649)     </p>

650) 

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

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

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

654)     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

655)     tracker</a>)</h3>

656) 

657)     <p>
658)     E-mail autoresponder providing Tor's packages over SMTP. This has been
659)     relatively unchanged for quite a while.
660)     </p>

661) 

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

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

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

665)     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

666)     tracker</a>)</h3>

667) 

668)     <p>

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

670)     </p>

671) 

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

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

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

675)     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

676)     tracker</a>)</h3>

677) 

678)     <p>
679)     Backend bridge distributor, handling the various pools they're distributed
680)     in. This was actively developed until Fall of 2010.
681)     </p>

682) 
683)     <a id="project-ooni-probe"></a>

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

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

687)     tracker</a>)</h3>
688) 
689)     <p>
690)     Censorship scanner, checking your local connection for blocked or modified
691)     content.
692)     </p>
693) 

694)     <a id="project-torps"></a>
695)     <h3>TorPS</a> (<a href="https://github.com/torps/torps">code</a>)</h3>
696) 
697)     <p>
698)     The Tor Path Simulator (TorPS) is a tool for efficiently simulating
699)     path selection in Tor. It chooses circuits and assigns user streams to
700)     those circuits in the same way that Tor does. TorPS is fast enough to
701)     perform thousands of simulations over periods of months.
702)     </p>
703) 

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

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

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

707)     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

708)     tracker</a>)</h3>

709) 

710)     <p>
711)     Library and collection of services for actively monitoring the Tor network.
712)     These include the Bandwidth Scanners (measuring throughput of relays) and
713)     SoaT (scans for malicious or misconfigured exit nodes). SoaT was last
714)     actively developed in the Summer of 2010, and the Bandwidth Scanners a few
715)     months later. Both have been under active use since then, but development
716)     has stopped.
717)     </p>

718) 

719)     <a id="project-collector"></a>
720)     <h3><a href="https://collector.torproject.org/">CollecTor</a>
721)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git">code</a>,
722)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FCollecTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
723) 
724)     <p>CollecTor is the Tor network data archive that powers other
725)     services like <a href="#project-metrics">Metrics</a> and
726)     <a href="#project-onionoo">Onionoo</a>.</p>
727) 
728)     <a id="project-exonerator"></a>
729)     <h3><a href="https://exonerator.torproject.org/">ExoneraTor</a>
730)     (<a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git">code</a>,
731)     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Metrics%2FExoneraTor&order=priority">bug tracker</a>)</h3>
732) 
733)     <p>ExoneraTor is a service that answers the question whether there was
734)     a Tor relay running on a given IP address on a given date.</p>
735) 

736)     <a id="project-anonbib"></a>
737)     <h3><a
738)     href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">Anonymity Bibliography</a> (<a
739)     href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/anonbib.git">code</a>)</h3>
740) 
741)     <p>
742)     Anonbib is a list of important papers in the field of anonymity. It's
743)     also a set of scripts to generate the website from Latex (bibtex). If
744)     we're missing any important papers, please let us know!
745)     </p>
746) 

747)     <a id="Coding"></a>
748)     <a id="Summer"></a>

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

750) 

751)     <p>

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

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

759)     </p>

760) 

761)     <ol>

762) 

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

765)     <li>

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

767)     <br>

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

769)     <br>

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

771)     <br><br>

772)     <p>

773) The onion services team is busy implementing <a

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

775) 224</a> but we are always open to mentoring fun and exciting onion

776) service projects.

777)     </p>
778) 
779)     <p>

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

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

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

786) and also various approaches
787) of making onion services more <a
788) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2012-June/003588.html">usable</a>
789) <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-May/008826.html">by
790) common people</a>.

791)     </p>
792) 
793)     <p>

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

798)     </p>
799)     </li>
800) 

801)     <a id="torFuzzing"></a>
802)     <li>
803)     <b>Fuzzing coverage of Tor</b>
804)     <br>
805)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), ahf, teor</i>
806)     <br><br>
807)     <p>
808) Starting in 0.3.0.x, Tor supports a few fuzzing systems to check our
809) code for bugs.  But as of now, we only support a few possible entry
810) points to Tor.  It would be great to add fuzzing support for more of
811) our codebase -- ideally to include our whole network-facing interface.
812) That way, we could find more bugs in our code faster, and fix them
813) before they can get out of hand.
814)     </p>
815) 
816)     <p>
817) This won't be so easy, however: to fuzz effectively, we need to
818) refactor or mock the target function so that it doesn't change any
819) global state, or verify any signatures, or take too long to run.  With
820) lots of our network code, that's not so easy.  Make sure you
821) understand how our mocking system works, and what the challenges are,
822) before you apply for this one.
823)     </p>
824)     </li>
825) 
826)     <a id="relayCryptoParallelism"></a>
827)     <li>
828)     <b>Relay crypto parallelism</b>
829)     <br>
830)     Likely Mentors: <i>Isis, Nick (nickm)</i>
831)     <br><br>
832)     <p>
833) Tor relays spend a lot of time encrypting and decrypting relay
834) traffic, doing SHA1 and AES-CTR operations.  But right now, all of
835) this is done in the main thread!  It would be cool to split this
836) across multiple cores instead.
837)     </p>
838) 
839)     <p>
840) This won't be so easy though.  The code today is written to expect
841) immediate results from its encryption operations, so you would need to
842) do some pretty tricky refactoring in order get performance and
843) correctness here.  Make sure you understand how circuit crypto is
844) invoked today, and what the challenges are, before you apply for this
845) one.
846)     </p>
847) 
848)     <p>
849) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1749">see its ticket</a>.
850)     </p>
851)     </li>
852) 
853)     <a id="anonymousLocalCountStatistics"></a>
854)     <li>
855)     <b>Anonymous local count statistics</b>
856)     <br>
857)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), teor</i>
858)     <br><br>
859)     <p>
860) There are some places in Tor where we count things (like distinct IPs)
861) to later report anonymized statistics.  But if the local Tor instance
862) were compromised, this data would be exposed.  There are statistical
863) methods which insteasd allow us to record this data in a way that's
864) already anonymous, before we ever summarize it.  Interested?
865)     </p>
866) 
867)     <p>
868) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7532">see its ticket</a>.
869)     </p>
870)     </li>
871) 
872)     <a id="improveSocks5Variant"></a>
873)     <li>
874)     <b>Improved SOCKS5 variant</b>
875)     <br>
876)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>
877)     <br><br>
878)     <p>
879) In proposal 229, we describe a bunch of additional SOCKS extensions
880) that Tor-aware applications could use to get more fine-grained control
881) over how Tor handles their streams.  It would be cool to implement
882) this!  If there's time remaining, you might want to add support to one
883) or more applications.  Or maybe to torsocks?
884)     </p>
885) 
886)     <p>
887) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12456">see its ticket</a>.
888)     </p>
889)     </li>
890) 

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

893)     <li>

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

895)     <br>
896)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), David Goulet (dgoulet)</i>
897)     <br><br>
898)     <p>

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

900) and introduction points all need to do a few public-key operations as
901) they operate.  But right now, these operations are all done on the
902) main thread.  It would be good to have these run across multiple cores.
903)     </p>
904) 
905)     <p>

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

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

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

910)     </p>
911) 
912)     <p>
913) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13738">see its ticket</a>.
914)     </p>
915)     </li>
916) 
917)     <a id="supportAllDNS"></a>
918)     <li>
919)     <b>Support all kinds of DNS in Tor</b>
920)     <br>
921)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nick (nickm), George (asn)</i>
922)     <br><br>
923)     <p>
924) Right now Tor can query for the kind of DNS information you'd find in
925) A records, AAAA records, and PTR records.  It would be neat to be able
926) to support more general DNS queries to allow things like MX loopups,
927) DNSSEC lookups, and so on.  We have a design proposal (number 219) for
928) this, but it might need some clean-up.
929)     </p>
930) 
931)     <p>
932) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7829">see its ticket</a>.
933)     </p>
934)     </li>
935) 
936)     <a id="improveIpv6Support"></a>
937)     <li>
938)     <b>Improve IPv6 support</b>
939)     <br>
940)     Likely Mentors: <i>ahf, teor</i>
941)     <br><br>
942)     <p>
943) Tor works over IPv6, but require some manual configuration.
944) Clients and relays could automatically detect IPv6 availability,
945) and configure themselves appropriately. Implementing a
946) "happy eyeballs"-like algorithm is a challenge in an anonymity
947) network: are you up for it?
948)     </p>
949) 
950)     <ul>
951)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6939">Missing IPv6 ORPort reachability check</a></li>
952)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4847">Bridges binding only to an IPv6 address doesn't work</a></li>
953)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5940">Figure out own IPv6 address</a></li>
954)       <li><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17011">Teach chutney to verify over IPv6</a></li>
955)     </ul>
956) 
957)     <p>
958) For more information <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17811">see its ticket</a>.
959)     </p>
960)     </li>
961) 

962)     <a id="feedbackExtension"></a>
963)     <li>
964)     <b>Feedback Extension for Tor Browser</b>
965)     <br>
966)     Likely Mentors: <i>Nima (mrphs)</i>, <i>Sukhbir (sukhe)</i>
967)     <p>
968)     Design and implement an extension for Tor Browser that can be used to gather
969)     end-user UI/UX feedback on an opt-in basis. While the design and
970)     implementation is left as an exercise for the applicant (and also serves as
971)     the qualification task), examples of the information we are looking to gather
972)     can include troubleshooting network connectivity issues, testing the various
973)     pluggable transports, or gathering information about the network of the users.
974)     </p>
975) 
976)     <p>
977)     Please propose the extension design in a way that the information is strictly
978)     on an opt-in basis and scrubs any information that can be used to identify a
979)     user, and also come up with a way to send the gathered information to a
980)     central server, whether to an onion address (if the user has Tor running), or
981)     otherwise. To start with, we are looking to gather only text as part of the
982)     feedback process.
983)     </p>
984)     </li>
985) 
986)     <a id="torBrowserCrashReport"></a>
987)     <li>
988)     <b>Crash Reporter for Tor Browser</b>
989)     <br>
990)     Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>
991)     <p>
992)     Currently Tor Browser disables the Crash Reporter. We would like to
993)     build it reproducible, enable it, and configure it to report crashes
994)     containing non-detailed and impersonal information to Tor, on a .onion
995)     submission platform that would allow us to view and explore the
996)     crashes.
997)     </p>
998) 
999)     <p>
1000)     The project will entail enabling the Crash Report on Tor Browser and
1001)     creating a backend to receive reports from it. Once created, the crash
1002)     reporter data will be analyzed and modified to fit Tor's requirements
1003)     for personal data collection. As time permits, we will update the
1004)     build system to ensure the crash reporter is built reproducibly and
1005)     add data analysis tools for the crash report database to visualize top
1006)     crashers and similar statistics.
1007)     </p>
1008)     </li>
1009) 
1010)     <a id="fasterTorBrowser"></a>
1011)     <li>
1012)     <b>Make Tor Browser Faster</b>
1013)     <br>
1014)     Likely Mentors: <i>Tom Ritter (tjr)</i>, <i>Georg (GeKo)</i>
1015)     <p>
1016)     This project will enable and take advantage of HTTP/2, the Alt-Srv
1017)     header, and tor's new single hop .onion mode to enable websites to
1018)     transparently move their traffic to a .onion address. In addition to
1019)     improvements in security, we will benchmark page load and paint times
1020)     under normal HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and when taking advantage of features
1021)     such as Server Push.
1022)     </p>
1023)     </li>
1024) 

1025)     <a id="ahmiaSearch"></a>
1026)     <li>

1027)     <b>Ahmia - Onion Service Search</b>

1028)     <br>
1029)     Language: <i>Python, Django</i>
1030)     <br>
1031)     Likely Mentors: <i>Juha Nurmi (numes), George (asn)</i>
1032)     <p>

1033)     Ahmia is open-source search engine software for Tor onion service deep

1034)     dark web sites. You can test the running search engine at ahmia.fi. For
1035)     more information see our <a
1036)     href="https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/ahmiafi">blog post about
1037)     Ahmia's GSoC2014 development</a>.
1038)     </p>
1039) 
1040)     <p>
1041)     Ahmia is a working search engine that indexes, searches, and catalogs

1042)     content published on Tor Onion Services. Furthermore, it is an environment

1043)     to share meaningful insights, statistics, insights, and news about the Tor
1044)     network itself. In this context, there is a lot of work to do.
1045)     </p>
1046) 
1047)     <p>
1048)     The Ahmia web service is written using the Django web framework. As a
1049)     result, the server-side language is Python. On the client-side, most of the
1050)     pages are plain HTML. There are some pages that require JavaScript, but the
1051)     search itself works without client-side JavaScript.
1052)     </p>
1053) 
1054)     <p>
1055)     There are several possible directions for this project, including...
1056)     </p>
1057) 
1058)     <ol>
1059)       <li>Automate blacklisting (very important)<br />
1060)         <ul>
1061)           <li>Fetch a list of child abuse media sites</li>
1062)           <li>Remove these sites from the search results</li>
1063)         </ul>
1064)       </li>

1065)       <li>Add onion services function (very important)<br />

1066)         <ul>
1067)           <li>You can add onions using HTML form</li>
1068)           <li>Call the crawler immidiately when a new site is added</li>
1069)         </ul>
1070)       </li>
1071)       <li>Elasticsearch<br />
1072)         <ul>
1073)           <li>Must be updated to 5.X.X sooner or later</li>
1074)           <li>Adjust the settings</li>
1075)           <li>Automatically remove data older than, for instance, 90 days</li>
1076)         </ul>
1077)       </li>
1078)       <li>Maintainance<br />
1079)         <ul>
1080)           <li>Update all software dependencies</li>
1081)           <li>Automate crash recovery for Tor, Elasticsearch and crawler</li>
1082)         </ul>
1083)       </li>
1084)     </ol>
1085)     </li>
1086) 

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1091)     <br>

1092)     Language: <i>Python</i>

1093)     <br>
1094)     Likely Mentors: <i>Damian (atagar)</i>

1095)     <br><br>

1096)     <p>
1097) 
1098)     </p>
1099) 
1100)     <p>
1101) 
1102)     </p>
1103)     </li>
1104) -->
1105) 

1106)     <li>
1107)     <b>Bring up new ideas!</b>

1108)     <br>

1109)     Don't like any of these? Look at the <a

1110)     href="/press/presskit/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">Tor development

1111)     roadmap</a> for more ideas, or just try out Tor and Tor Browser,

1112)     and find out what you think needs fixing.

1113)     Some of the <a href="<specblob>proposals">current proposals</a>

1114)     might also be short on developers.
1115)     </li>

1116) 

1117)     </ol>
1118)   </div>
1119)   <!-- END MAINCOL -->
1120)   <div id = "sidecol">
1121) #include "side.wmi"
1122) #include "info.wmi"
1123)   </div>
1124)   <!-- END SIDECOL -->
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