Tor: Packages and source
Tor is distributed as Free Software under the 3-clause BSD license.
You can get the latest release from the download directory. The latest stable release is 0.1.0.15, and the latest development release is 0.1.1.7-alpha. To keep informed of security advisories and new stable releases, subscribe to the or-announce mailing list: (you will need to confirm via email)
Tor should run on Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows, Solaris, and more.
- Windows installer: 0.1.0.15 (sig), 0.1.1.7-alpha (sig). Be sure to read the Win32 Tor instructions.
- Mac OS X Tiger installer: 0.1.0.15 (sig), 0.1.1.7-alpha (sig). Be sure to read the OS X Tor instructions.
- Debian packages: apt-get install tor (guide for Sarge and experimental Tor versions)
- Gentoo: emerge tor (guide)
- FreeBSD: portinstall -s security/tor
- OpenBSD: cd /usr/ports/net/tor && make && make install (guide to chrooting)
- NetBSD: cd /usr/pkgsrc/net/tor && make install
- Latest source tarballs: 0.1.0.15 (sig), 0.1.1.7-alpha (sig)
Instructions for setting up Tor on Linux/BSD/Unix are here. This FAQ entry explains how to verify package signatures.
See the developers page for instructions on fetching Tor from CVS.
Mirrors
If you are running a mirror, please email tor-webmaster@freehaven.net and we'll add it to the list.
BIT BV (ftp |
http)
FU - Spline (http)
Ghirai.com (http)
Meulie.net (http)
Stevens Institute of Technology (ftp)
Swedish Linux Society (ftp
| http)
Testing releases
2005-09-14: Tor 0.1.1.7-alpha fixes some bugs in 0.1.1.6-alpha.
2005-09-09: Tor 0.1.1.6-alpha fixes some bugs in 0.1.1.5-alpha, and adds new features including exit enclaves, improved hidden service speed, remote reachability detection by the dirservers, fixes to let the Tor network bootstrap again, and a start on the new directory design.
2005-08-08: Tor 0.1.1.5-alpha includes the critical security fix from 0.1.0.14.
2005-08-04: Tor 0.1.1.4-alpha includes the critical security fix from 0.1.0.13.
2005-07-25: Tor 0.1.1.3-alpha fixes a crash bug with hidden services, an assert trigger in the controller, and a few other controller bugs.
2005-07-14: Tor 0.1.1.2-alpha fixes a seg fault in the controller handling, plus a few other bugs.
2005-06-28: Tor 0.1.1.1-alpha has a revised controller protocol (version 1) that uses ascii rather than binary.
Stable releases
2005-09-23: Tor 0.1.0.15 fixes a crash bug when exit nodes run out of file descriptors, and rejects two more ports in the default exit policy.
2005-08-08: Tor 0.1.0.14 fixes the second half of a critical bug in the security of our crypto handshakes. All clients should upgrade immediately!
2005-08-04: Tor 0.1.0.13 fixes a critical bug in the security of our crypto handshakes.
2005-07-18: Tor 0.1.0.12 fixes an assert bug that was taking down some clients and servers in rare cases.
2005-06-30: Tor 0.1.0.11 fixes a security problem where servers would disregard their exit policies in some circumstances.
You can read the ChangeLog for more details.