Tor Project
A nonprofit privacy network and browser for more anonymous web access.
Tor Project develops Tor Browser and the underlying Tor network, which routes web traffic through volunteer-operated relays to reduce tracking and surveillance. The site provides downloads, project information, support resources, community links, and updates from the nonprofit behind Tor’s open-source privacy tools.
Why it stands out
- Backed by a long-running U.S. nonprofit focused specifically on anonymity and anti-censorship technology.
- Uses a large volunteer relay network rather than a single commercial VPN provider.
- Designed to make users harder to distinguish from one another, not just to block ads or trackers.
- Open-source mission and public community structure make it more transparent than many proprietary privacy tools.
- Available in many languages, reflecting its focus on global access and censorship resistance.
Good to know
- People monitoring your connection may still be able to tell that you are using Tor, even if they cannot see the sites you visit.
- Anti-fingerprinting is a design goal, not a guarantee that every form of browser or device identification is impossible.
- Performance and reliability can vary because traffic is routed through multiple volunteer-operated relays.
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Journalists, activists, researchers, and at-risk users can browse with stronger protection against network-level monitoring and censorship. Access websites that may be blocked on a local network or in a restricted region. Reduce cross-site tracking by isolating browsing activity and clearing cookies after sessions. Learn about Tor’s nonprofit mission, community, jobs, blog posts, and ways to contribute or donate.
Tor Browser download; traffic routing through the Tor relay network; site isolation and automatic cookie/history cleanup; anti-fingerprinting design goals; multi-layer traffic encryption; multilingual website; support, community, blog, and donation resources.
Alternative listings
An open-source blocker for ads, trackers, and cookie pop-ups.
Privacy & security tools / big-tech alternativesGhostery provides privacy-focused browser tools that block ads, limit tracking scripts, and automate rejection of many tracking cookies. Its broader site also includes WhoTracks.Me tracker reports and a privacy-news digest, giving users more visibility into the companies collecting data across the web.
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Privacy & security tools / big-tech alternativesMullvad Browser is a privacy-oriented web browser created by Mullvad VPN with the Tor Project. It is designed to make users look more alike online by limiting third-party tracking, browser fingerprinting, saved cookies, and telemetry.
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