OnionShare
Enables secure and anonymous file sharing, website hosting, and private chat using local onion services via Tor. Runs a direct web server on your device; no third-party servers or user registration required. Links are password-protected and must be accessed via Tor Browser.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- F-Droid
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Security-focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Tor
- Anonymous Secure Filesharing
- Large File Transfer
- No Coding Required
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- End-to-End Encryption
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- Receive files
OnionShare News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
justarandom added OnionShare as alternative to hashtree
Spot4nick added OnionShare as alternative to OpenDrop File Transfer- Amir-101 liked OnionShare
- Danilo_Venom updated OnionShare
- Cosmic4 liked OnionShare
justarandom added OnionShare as alternative to WarpDrop- sebastianpaczoski updated OnionShare
- AltRazel liked OnionShare
OnionShare information
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Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
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- English
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
- Catalan; Valencian
- Croatian
- Czech
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Icelandic
- Italian
- Japanese
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Persian
- Polish
- Chinese
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
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What is OnionShare?
OnionShare is an open-source platform for secure, anonymous file sharing, website hosting, and communication via the Tor network. It works by creating local web servers on your computer, which are accessible to others as Tor onion services. OnionShare automatically secures generated web addresses with a random password. Users must securely share these URLs, which recipients can input into their Tor Browser to access the service. OnionShare requires an active internet connection to function and is most effective for real-time interactions. It ensures privacy by using your computer as the web server, preventing third parties from accessing any activity. The use of Tor onion services also enhances anonymity.
Comments and Reviews
Lovely tool for sharing files, hosting onion websites and chats. Like dropbox but anonymous and private.