Dark Web Resources


Notable onion hidden services that are accessible through the TOR anonymity network.


Communication / Messaging

Briar (software) – uses onion services as address when message transport is internet

https://briarproject.org/ And https://briarproject.org/manual/

Keybase

https://keybase.io/ And https://book.keybase.io/docs/

Ricochet (software) - uses tor network by default for message sending and receiving

https://www.ricochetrefresh.net/

Communication / Email Providers

Proton Mail

https://proton.me/mail And https://proton.me/support/tor-setup

Riseup

https://riseup.net/ And https://riseup.net/security/network-security/tor/hs-addresses-signed.txt

File Storage

The Pirate Bay – A BitTorrent index

https://thepiratebay.org/index.html

Financial

Blockchain – A popular bitcoin blockchain explorer service

https://www.blockchain.com/ And ccn.com/tor-users-can-now-connect-blockchain-infos-onion-address-securely-ssl/

Government

Central Intelligence Agency

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/cias-latest-layer-an-onion-site/

News And Information Services

BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981

BuggedPlanet(v2)

https://buggedplanet.info/index.php?title=Buggedplanet.info:About

Deutsche Welle

https://www.dw.com/en/dw-websites-accessible-via-tor-protocol/a-51338328

It's Going Down

https://itsgoingdown.org/about/

ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/nerds/a-more-secure-and-anonymous-propublica-using-tor-hidden-services

Radio Free Asia(v2)

https://www.usagm.gov/2020/04/17/radio-free-asia-hosts-secure-mirror-websites-for-asian-chinese-audiences/

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service

The New York Times

https://open.nytimes.com/https-open-nytimes-com-the-new-york-times-as-a-tor-onion-service-e0d0b67b7482?gi=e7173da4fa62

Z-Library – Many instances exist

https://z-lib.org/

Operating Systems

Debian and package repositories)

https://onion.debian.org/

Qubes OS – Security-focused desktop operating system

https://www.qubes-os.org/

Tails OS – Live, portable, amnesiac operating system (run off USB)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tails_(operating_system)

Whonix – Debian-based security distribution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whonix

Whistleblowing Drop Sites

SecureDrop and GlobaLeaks software is used in most of these whistleblowing sites. These are a secure communications platform for use between journalists and sources. Both software's website is also availiable as an onion service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecureDrop And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobaLeaks

Independent Media Center

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indymedia

The Guardian

https://www.wired.com/2015/09/guide-dark-webs-lighter-side/

The Intercept

https://theintercept.com/source/

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/tips#securedrop

WildLeaks – A wildlife-crime whistleblowing initiative operated by Elephant Action League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Action_League#WildLeaks_Project

WikiLeaks

https://wikileaks.org/

Search Engines

Ahmia – Search engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmia

Brave Search

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Search

DuckDuckGo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo#Tor_access

MetaGer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaGer#Features

Searx -  a free and open-source metasearch engine. Users can run private instances of Searx on their own computer, but there are also many public, user-run, Searx instances, some of which are available as Tor hidden services

https://searx.space/

Social Media And Forums

8chan – An imageboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8chan

Dread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_(forum)

Facebook onion address

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Twitter

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1501282223009542151

The Hub

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hub_(forum)

Software

Tor2web – Clearnet-to-hidden-service software

https://www.tor2web.org/

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