OnionLauncher

A launcher for Tor written in Python and PyQt5.

Dependencies

• Python (I usually work with 2, but did test with 3)
• Stem
• PyQt5

Getting

Provided that you have all the dependencies installed, to get and launch OnionLauncher from a Git clone:

$ git clone https://github.com/neelchauhan/OnionLauncher.git
$ cd OnionLauncher/OnionLauncher/
$ python main.py

Replace python with the name (and path, if needed) of the Python intepreter.

Usage

A usage guide can be found on the author's website.

OnionLauncher vs. TorNova

While OnionLauncher is similar to a previous project I have done, TorNova, it is fundamentally different in the following:

• OnionLauncher uses Qt and PyQt5. TorNova uses GTK 3 and PyGObject.
• The reason why I chose Qt instead of GTK is because GTK support on Windows and OS X (soon to be called macOS) is awful.
• Both TorNova and OnionLauncher use Stem.
• OnionLauncher lets users add arbitary options (anything in torrc is supported). TorNova only let users select options which are defined in the code.
• TorNova has logfile and circuit viewing. OnionLauncher would require third party programs (like arm to get this functionality).
• TorNova automatically saves preferences. OnionLauncher does not (at the current moment).