orbot VS OnionBrowser

Compare orbot vs OnionBrowser and see what are their differences.

orbot

The Github home of Orbot: Tor on Android (Also available on gitlab!) (by guardianproject)

OnionBrowser

An open-source, privacy-enhancing web browser for iOS, utilizing the Tor anonymity network (by OnionBrowser)
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orbot OnionBrowser
24 46
1,953 2,200
4.7% 1.3%
9.6 8.3
10 days ago 11 days ago
Java HTML
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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orbot

Posts with mentions or reviews of orbot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-18.

OnionBrowser

Posts with mentions or reviews of OnionBrowser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing orbot and OnionBrowser you can also consider the following projects:

MagiskHidePropsConf - This tool is now dead...

onionfruit - OnionFruit™ Connect - Tor access client with country selection, bridge configuration, pluggable transports and experimental DNS support

tor-android - Tor binary and library for Android

privacytests.org - Source code for privacytests.org. Includes browser testing code and site rendering.

Orfox - UPDATE: Orfox is being replaced by Tor Browser for Android. All future work and comments will be handled by Tor Project.

EndGame - EndGame DDoS filter.

thgtoa - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity

ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

exif-eraser - Permissionless image metadata erasing application for Android

ffprofile - A tool to create firefox profiles with personalized defaults.

go-libtor - Self-contained Tor from Go

TorWall - Tallow - Transparent Tor for Windows