Onion Surf

Onion Surf

by Nicolás Colla

App

Private web browser

About Onion Surf

***WARNING: Not a totally anonymous browser! Read below***

Contributions are welcome: https://github.com/nicolascolla/onion-surf/issues

Join the Colla Productions Telegram group to stay in touch: https://t.me/collaproductions

Onion Surf is a private browser for Ubuntu Touch that routes all internet traffic through the Tor network. It includes some quality-of-life additions like a hiding address bar, reader mode and some privacy flags enabled by default.

It will be updated with every Tor release to stay secure.

This browser lacks all the features that make a "real" Tor browser (based on Firefox) secure and private, and it is easily fingerprintable. WebRTC can't be disabled, which means some websites could be able to see your real IP (these issues will be fixed in the future).

Use this browser if:

-You want to hide your real IP from most non-malicious websites.
-You want to confuse ad networks.
-You want a (small) additional layer of privacy.

Don't use this browser if:

-You need to blend in with other Tor users (use the Tor Browser for that).
-You are a whistleblower.
-You want to hide from a three-letter agency (good luck with that).

Only a PC running a free BIOS and Tails will be able to give you any real semblance of anonymity. Act accordingly.

Recent Changes

0.4.4:
-Update Tor

0.4.3:
-Limit WebRTC to public IP addresses only
-Load a user-defined torrc file under ~/.config/onion-surf.collaproductions if available
-Change user agent to Tor Browser for Android

0.4.2:
-User agent changed

0.4.1:
-Reader mode added
-Tab bar enabled by default in portrait mode
-Bigger scrollbar for those with QtWebEngine scrolling issues
-New privacy flags
-Corrected Spanish translation
-Unavailable options removed from menus

0.4:
-Initial release

Permissions

  • Audio
  • Networking
  • Location
  • Keep Display On
  • Camera
  • Connectivity
  • Content Exchange
  • Content Exchange Source
  • Video
  • Push Notifications
  • Webview

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU GPL v3 license.It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Oct 11, 2021

  • Updated Date

    Nov 9, 2021

  • Current Version

    0.4.4

  • Total Downloads

    6,143

  • Latest Version Downloads

    0

  • Supported Architectures

    amd64, armhf, arm64

  • Translation Languages

    aa, am, ar, ast, az, be, bg, bn, br, bs, ca, ca@valencia, cs, cy, da, de, el, en_AU, en_GB, eo, es, et, eu, fa, fi, fr, fr_CA, ga, gd, gl, he, hi, hr, hu, hy, ia, id, is, it, ja, km, kn, ko, ku, lo, lt, lv, ml, mr, ms, my, nb, ne, nl, oc, pa, pl, pt, pt_BR, ro, ru, sa, sc, sco, shn, si, sk, sl, sq, sr, sv, ta, te, th, tr, ug, uk, uz, vi, zh_CN, zh_HK, zh_TW

Links

Reviews

Muming Lu

Reviewed Jul 13, 2026 for version 0.4.4

Can't view any webpages

Arminder Singh

Reviewed Jan 17, 2023 for version 0.4.4

Terminates as soon as I open it on meizu mx4 running ubports build 145

stemy2

Reviewed Aug 25, 2022 for version 0.4.4

Useless, don't do anything you'd expect from an app using tor.

Shouko

Reviewed Jun 23, 2022 for version 0.4.4

It leaks out GMT offset

Stump228

Reviewed Dec 9, 2021 for version 0.4.4

Класс=не!

Semen Sokolov

Reviewed Nov 25, 2021 for version 0.4.4

Годный браузер для Tor и комплексной анонимности. Сразу нашёл сервер.

gbdomubpkm

Reviewed Oct 19, 2021 for version 0.4.3(older version)

development in progress (v 0.4.3), help and advices from developers wanted (see github) as this app cannot function partially to play fully its role : some flaws that prevent the browser from being truly anonymous must be fixed, and the app must become ad blocking compatible. I like very much the scrolling of web pages which is very fluid on the Volla, never choppy contrary with morph-browser where it can happen.

enragegit

Reviewed Oct 13, 2021 for version 0.4(older version)

WebRTC leak reveals true IP, which was the main feature advertised by the dev. I understand it is a work in progress and seen the dev have brainstorming conversations in the telegram group. Thank you for starting this project.

Tony

Reviewed Oct 12, 2021 for version 0.4(older version)

Nice browser! Thank you for taking the time to create it!