# htrgouvea/nipe

An engine to make Tor network your default gateway

Repository: https://github.com/htrgouvea/nipe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nipe
Homepage: https://heitorgouvea.me/
Language: Perl
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: tor, anonymity, network, nipe, privacy, perl, iptables, anonymize, engine
Last push: 2026-06-27T10:01:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4013, "days_push": 67, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2387, forks 339 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.731150+00:00)

## What it is
Nipe is a Perl-based command-line engine that routes all of a machine's network traffic through the Tor network by manipulating iptables/ip6tables rules, making Tor the default gateway. It supports IPv4 and IPv6 and offers simple start/stop/restart/status commands, plus a Docker setup.

## Use cases
- route all my traffic through tor
- make tor my default network gateway
- anonymize my machine's internet traffic
- transparently redirect traffic through tor with iptables
- browse the internet anonymously from the command line
- run an anonymous networking container with docker

## When to choose
- you want system-wide Tor routing on Linux rather than per-app proxying
- you need IPv4 and IPv6 traffic transparently sent through Tor
- you prefer a simple CLI to start, stop, and check Tor routing status

## When to avoid
- you need UDP or ICMP traffic anonymized, since Tor blocks non-local UDP/ICMP
- you are on Windows or macOS without iptables support
- you have existing iptables rules you cannot afford to disrupt, since stopping Nipe flushes its rules

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, security, privacy, cli
- domain: privacy, security, networking
- platform: cli
- tags: tor, anonymity, iptables, transparent-proxy, perl, default-gateway, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- htrgouvea/nipe (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.731150+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:34.700107+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/htrgouvea/nipe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.731150+00:00, sha 4b49f616cdd1)
  - homepage: https://heitorgouvea.me/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:20.987674+00:00, sha 1e87d77b69c9)
  - site_page: https://heitorgouvea.me/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:20.997135+00:00, sha 3912c266b241)
  - site_page: https://heitorgouvea.me/2020/06/23/Scraping-personal-data-exposure-in-the-web (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:20.998975+00:00, sha b854289a1dc6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.