Onion Sites Directory
Source: This page is generated from the real-world-onion-sites project by Alec Muffett, licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0. Generated: 2026-03-06. Do not edit this file — it is regenerated each release.
Disclaimer: While every effort is made to include only legitimate, established websites in this directory, Open Access Kit cannot be responsible for the content of third-party onion sites. Use your judgement and stay safe.
Real-World Onion Sites
This is a list of substantial, commercial-or-social-good mainstream websites which provide onion services.
- no sites with an "onion-only" presence
- no sites for products/technology with less than (arbitrary) 10,000 users
- no nudity, exploitation, drugs, copyright infringement or sketchy-content sites
- the editor reserves all rights to annotate or drop any or all entries as deemed fit
- licensed: cc-by-sa
- author/editor: alec muffett
Legend/Key for Symbols
You can find techical details and the legend/key for symbols in the footnotes section, below.
Regarding Updates and Suggestions
- This file (
README.md) is auto-generated from a spreadsheet - Please submit an
Issuefor consideration / desired change requests - Do NOT submit changes NOR pull-requests for it
- Re: SecureDrop - all SecureDrop entries are taken automatically from
https://securedrop.org/api/v1/directory/and must be amended on that site, not this one.
Blogs
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Færøy | https://lxwu7pwyszfevhglxfgaukjqjdk2belosfvsl2ekzx3vrboacvewc7qd.onion/ | |
| Ctrl blog | http://v65ngaoj2nyaiq2ltf4uzota254gnasarrkuj4aqndi2bb5lw6frt3ad.onion/ | |
| Dropsafe | Alec Muffett | https://amuffettdexn6r5s4lt45b6mlrgmsmo56szaaighyjurp4ccuj63zkad.onion/blog |
| Kushal Das | https://kushal76uaid62oup5774umh654scnu5dwzh4u2534qxhcbi4wbab3ad.onion/ | |
| Michael Altfield | http://michaelahgu3sqef5yz3u242nok2uczduq5oxqfkwq646tvjhdnl35id.onion/ | |
| Ming Di Leom | https://xw226dvxac7jzcpsf4xb64r4epr6o5hgn46dxlqk7gnjptakik6xnzqd.onion/ | |
| Nick Frichette | https://nickf43ab43xxf3yqgzy5uedsjij6h473rmbyzq6inohcnr3lohlu3yd.onion/ | |
| Shen's Essays | https://shen.hongio267dx4o2ofkn4ddsztu4ok2vq4euc7sxumbi7kcfd64ije62ad.onion/ | |
| treacherous.tech | https://ygwdnjw2gt6sabcrhjqmpgsn4hhddomhipdpxbx6bru2zr2damxevqyd.onion/ |
Civil Society and Community
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy International | https://privacy2ws3ora5p4qpzptqr32qm54gf5ifyzvo5bhl7bb254c6nbiyd.onion/ | |
| Riseup Home | http://vww6ybal4bd7szmgncyruucpgfkqahzddi37ktceo3ah7ngmcopnpyyd.onion/ | |
| Riseup Onion Index | http://vww6ybal4bd7szmgncyruucpgfkqahzddi37ktceo3ah7ngmcopnpyyd.onion/en/security/network-security/tor#riseups-tor-onion-services | provides shared notepad, file sharing, code hosting, and other services |
| Systemli Home | http://7sk2kov2xwx6cbc32phynrifegg6pklmzs7luwcggtzrnlsolxxuyfyd.onion/en/index.html | |
| Systemli Onion Index | http://7sk2kov2xwx6cbc32phynrifegg6pklmzs7luwcggtzrnlsolxxuyfyd.onion/en/service/onion.html | provides shared notepad, spreadsheet, pastebin, and other services |
| WikiFesad | https://hyfs2rd42ij4opqkdxzycb7dolzwjtbmmm4mbpohc57mm76u6iyurxqd.onion/ | |
| decoded.legal | https://dlegal66uj5u2dvcbrev7vv6fjtwnd4moqu7j6jnd42rmbypv3coigyd.onion/ | english law firm; see also https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/03/upgrading-my-onion-site-to-https |
Education
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Learning English | https://www.bbcweb3hytmzhn5d532owbu6oqadra5z3ar726vq5kgwwn6aucdccrad.onion/learningenglish/ | includes resources for many languages |
| BBC Learning English: Mandarin | https://www.bbcweb3hytmzhn5d532owbu6oqadra5z3ar726vq5kgwwn6aucdccrad.onion/learningenglish/chinese |
Government
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| US Central Intelligence Agency | http://ciadotgov4sjwlzihbbgxnqg3xiyrg7so2r2o3lt5wz5ypk4sxyjstad.onion/index.html |
News
News BBC World Service
News Deutsche Welle World
News RFERL & VOA
Search Engines
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brave Search | https://search.brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ | works fine, but seems to block curl / upness-tester; ignore status codes below |
| DuckDuckGo Search | https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion/ |
Social Networks
Tech and Software
Web and Internet
| Site | Onion URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Archive Today | http://archiveiya74codqgiixo33q62qlrqtkgmcitqx5u2oeqnmn5bpcbiyd.onion/ | |
| Cloudflare Public DNS 1.1.1.1 | https://dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion/ | |
| HARICA Certificate Authority | https://4gmrlefxkq4mtan6a2lqwfwa7un4brjlatka75nwdczemqqwn3wznnad.onion/ | |
| Protonmail | https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/ |
SecureDrop Submissions
Entries sourced automatically from securedrop.org/api/v1/directory/. To add or amend a SecureDrop entry, contact securedrop.org directly.
Footnotes
- At the moment where an organisation runs 2+ onion addresses for closely related services that do not reflect distinct languages / national interests, I am posting a link to an index of their onions. Examples: Riseup, Systemli, TorProject, ...
- The master list of Onion SSL EV Certificates may be viewed at https://crt.sh/?q=.onion
RWOS Status Detector
- :white_check_mark: site up
- :eight_spoked_asterisk: site up, and redirected to another page
- :no_entry_sign: site up, but could not access the page
- :stop_sign: site up, but reported a system error
- :sos: site returned no data, or is down, or curl experienced a transient or permanent network error; may also reflect a problem with the RWOS server connection
- :question: same as :sos: but curl specifically mentioned inability to fetch an onion descriptor
- :exclamation: same as :sos: but curl specifically mentioned inability to connect to the server
- :alarm_clock: same as :sos: but curl specifically mentioned connection timeout as an issue
- :timer_clock: same as :sos: but curl specifically mentioned ttl expiry as an issue
- :key: same as :sos: but curl specifically mentioned SSL certificates as an issue
- :new: site is newly added, no data yet
You can also see the history of updates.
Codes & Exit Statuses
Mouse-over the icons for details of HTTP codes, curl exit statuses, and the number of attempts made on each site.
- codes are from HTTP and are documented elsewhere; RWOS-internal ones include:
901- malformed HTTP response902- malformed HTTP response903- malformed HTTP response, commonly including (e.g.) invalid HTTPS certificate904- HTTP status code parse error910- connection timeout
- exits are from Curl and are documented elsewhere; common ones include:
7- "curl couldn't connect"52- "curl got nothing", received no data from upstream
TLS Security
Due to the fundamental protocol differences between HTTP and
HTTPS, it is not wise to consider HTTP-over-Onion to be "as secure
as HTTPS"; web browsers do and must treat HTTPS requests in
ways that are fundamentally different to HTTP, e.g.:
- with respect to cookie handling, or
- where the trusted connection terminates, or
- how to deal with loading embedded insecure content, or
- whether to permit access to camera and microphone devices (WebRTC)
...and the necessity of broad adherence to web standards would make it harmful to attempt to optimise just one browser (e.g. Tor Browser) to elevate HTTP-over-Onion to the same levels of trust as HTTPS-over-TCP, let alone HTTPS-over-Onion. Doubtless some browsers will attempt to implement "better-than-default trust and security via HTTP over onions", but this behaviour will not be standard, cannot be relied upon by clients/users, and will therefore be risky.
tl;dr - HTTP-over-Onion should not be considered as secure as HTTPS-over-Onion, and attempting to force it thusly will create a future compatibility mess for the ecosystem of onion-capable browsers.
Feedback
The issues page
is the fastest and most effective way to submit a suggestion; if you
lack a Github account, try messaging @alecmuffett on Twitter.