tor ☆
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Description:
Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.4.8.21@0  |  Tracked Since: Nov 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @torproject  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Security
Tags: privacy anonymity networking security onion-routing
Install: brew install tor
About:
Tor is a free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication by directing internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network consisting of more than seven thousand relays. It conceals a user's location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. This makes it difficult for destinations to track users or map network components.
Key Features:
  • Onion Routing: Encrypts and bounces traffic through multiple volunteer relays.
  • Censorship Circumvention: Helps bypass firewalls and internet censorship.
  • Hidden Services: Allows websites (.onion) to be hosted anonymously.
  • Traffic Analysis Resistance: Defends against users' online activity being tracked.
Use Cases:
  • Protecting user privacy and anonymity while browsing the web.
  • Bypassing government or corporate network censorship and restrictions.
  • Securing sensitive communications for activists and journalists.
Alternatives:
  • I2P – Focuses more on internal hidden services rather than exit nodes to the public web.
  • WireGuard – A high-speed VPN protocol focused on encryption, not anonymity or traffic obfuscation.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Nov 17, 2025 8:31pm 0 VERSION_BUMP f9bf4d4d
Sep 16, 2025 7:59pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 28050a5a
Sep 11, 2025 12:47am 0 VERSION_BUMP 5208a87d
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