High bandwidth Tor network fork. Incentivized by the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Relays earn sats via BOLT 12 and blinded paths.
- eltor - Fork of the Tor network. Adds paid circuit handling and EXTENDPAIDCIRCUIT RPC https://github.com/el-tor/eltor
- eltord - Main daemon that runs El Tor, connects to wallets, listens for payment events and calls rpc's https://github.com/el-tor/eltord
- eltor-app - VPN-like client to connect to El Tor and remote wallets. UI for running relays and creating hidden services. https://github.com/el-tor/eltor-app
- libeltor - Fork of libtor. Rust crate for bundling inside your project a fully-running eltord daemon with fallback to the normal Tor network https://github.com/el-tor/libeltor
- LNI - Lightning node interface library. Standard interface to remote connect to CLN, LND, Phoenixd and other implementations. Rust language bindings for android, ios, and javascript (nodejs, react-native). https://github.com/lightning-node-interface/lni
- chutney - Tor testnet fork https://github.com/el-tor/chutney
Tor protects your privacy on the internet by hiding the connection between your Internet address and the services you use. We believe Tor is reasonably secure, but please ensure you read the instructions and configure it properly.
To build Tor from source:
./configure
make
make install
To build Tor from a just-cloned git repository:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
The tarballs, checksums and signatures can be found here: https://dist.torproject.org
- Checksum:
<tarball-name>.sha256sum - Signatures:
<tarball-name>.sha256sum.asc
You can find our release schedule here:
The following keys are the maintainers of this repository. One or many of these keys can sign the releases, do NOT expect them all:
- Alexander Færøy: 514102454D0A87DB0767A1EBBE6A0531C18A9179
- David Goulet: B74417EDDF22AC9F9E90F49142E86A2A11F48D36
- Nick Mathewson: 2133BC600AB133E1D826D173FE43009C4607B1FB
See our hacking documentation in doc/HACKING/.
Home page:
Download new versions:
How to verify Tor source:
Documentation and Frequently Asked Questions:
How to run a Tor relay: