Tor Java Overview – Comparison of Tor implementations for Java

This page gives an overview of different Tor implementations for Java.

Hopefully, it supports the cooperation between the different projects and helps to avoid duplication of work.

Project/Library-Name	Description	Min. Platform	GUI	License	Comments	Documentation	Latest Release (Year)	Download
Android Tor – Tor Proxy	Proxy to Tor for Android mobile devices	Android (Java)	Android	GPL v2	code based on OnionCoffee; a summer project development	http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/android/tor/	2009	Android Marketplace
Android Tor – Shadow	Web browser for use together with TorProxy for Android	Android (Java)	Android	GPL v2	needs Android Tor – Tor Proxy; a summer project development	http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/android/tor/	2009	Android Marketplace
C Tor client for Android	Proxy to Tor for Android mobile devices	Android (native)	no GUI	BSD style	not a Java implementation!!!	http://www.mail-archive.com/or-talk@freehaven.net/msg09408.html	2008	part of the Tor source code repository (except build support)
Class TorLib	simple adapter to the proxy interface of the C Tor	Java 1.4 + C Tor	no GUI	MIT X11 open source license	needs the C Tor	http://www.mit.edu/~foley/TinFoil/Docs/	2006	http://www.mit.edu/~foley/TinFoil/src/
OnionCoffee	Proxy with GUI to Tor implemented in Java	Java 1.5	Swing	GPL v2	first Tor implementation for Java	http://onioncoffee.sourceforge.net/	2007 (in CVS repository: 2008)	http://onioncoffee.sourceforge.net/
OnionCoffee branch of Brad Davis	attempt to keep OnionCoffee up-to-date with C Tor, drop BouncyCastle, upgrade to JDK 6 and more	Java 1.6	???			???		???
silvertunnel Netlib	easy to use Java library (API like java.net.Socket) to access Tor network	Java 1.5	no GUI	GPL v2/v3	code based on OnionCoffee, but with several changes	http://silvertunnel.org/Netlib/	2009	http://sourceforge.net/projects/silvertunnel/files/
silvertunnel Browser	simple to install/run/use web browser for Tor	Java 1.5	Swing	GPL v2/v3	standalone browser (silvertunnel Netlib is used internally)	http://silvertunnel.org/Browser/	2009	http://sourceforge.net/projects/silvertunnel/files/

Maintenance of this overview

• if you want to add an additional project to this list:
  • post a short summary of the new project to tor-java mailing list (in the best case with data for all columns of the table)
• if you want clarify minor issues or provide minor updates:
  • send a mail to "H84 at H.com" (and replace H by "hapke")