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alecmuffett/real-world-onion-sites resource

This is a list of substantial, commercial-or-social-good mainstream websites which provide onion services. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/alecmuffett/real-world-onion-sites · Python observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3508
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2225 stars · 191 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A curated, auto-generated list of substantial mainstream websites (news, government, social networks, SecureDrop) that offer Tor onion service mirrors. It is maintained as a dataset with automated availability checks and categorized indexes.

Use cases

  • find official onion addresses for mainstream news sites
  • look up which governments offer tor mirrors
  • discover securedrop whistleblower submission addresses
  • find social networks accessible over tor
  • verify an onion site is legitimate with proof links
  • browse a curated list of onion services without sketchy content

When to choose

  • you need trustworthy .onion addresses for mainstream organizations
  • you want a vetted, regularly checked directory of onion services
  • you are researching tor adoption by major websites

When to avoid

  • you want a directory of darknet market or anonymous hosting sites
  • you need onion sites for small or onion-only projects
  • you want a tool to run or host onion services yourself

Facets

dataset · maturity active

search-engine documentation privacy censorship-circumvention security awesome-lists cli tor onion-services curated-list dark-web-directory securedrop web-server

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
alecmuffett/real-world-onion-sitesmain77

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="alecmuffett/real-world-onion-sites")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem