tor
brew install torAnonymizing overlay network for TCP
License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND NCSA
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/tor.json
Formula code: tor.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.4.9.17 |
Depends on:
| libevent | 2.1.13 | Asynchronous event library |
| libscrypt | 1.22 | Library for scrypt |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Binaries:
tor,
tor-gencert,
tor-print-ed-signing-cert,
tor-resolve,
torify
Service:
| Start now and at login: | brew services start tor |
| Run directly: | $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/tor/bin/tor |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 21,635 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 763,120 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 3,738 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 5.8× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-15T00:55:34Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-16 to 2026-11-15. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 3,732 | 8,405 | 30,943 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 6 | 16 | 54 |
| Installs on Request | 3,659 | 8,253 | 30,409 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 16 | 54 |
| Build Errors | 5 |