torproject/torbrowser-launcher
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/torproject/torbrowser-launcher.git synced 2024-11-23 17:39:52 +00:00
Code Issues Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity
Securely and easily download, verify, install, and launch Tor Browser in Linux. This repository is a mirror of https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/torbrowser-launcher
439 Commits 1 Branch 45 Tags 2.6 MiB
Python 96.6%
Shell 3.4%
f64c0d3367
Go to file
Micah Lee f64c0d3367 Fixed typo in changelog
2015-11-08 22:19:02 -08:00
apparmor Remove code to bring windows to front, and to get pid of processes, because these stopped working long ago. Also remove wmctrl dependency. 2015-11-08 17:30:47 -08:00
locale Merge pull request #150 from AreYouLoco/master 2014-11-17 10:14:26 -08:00
share Version bump to 0.2.2 and updated changelog 2015-11-08 22:07:46 -08:00
torbrowser_launcher If Tor Browser is not installed, detect version, download, verify sig, install, and launch. Otherwise just launch. No more checking for updates. (#198) 2015-11-08 20:18:07 -08:00
.gitignore ignore source packages that get generated in some dev environments 2015-05-11 14:09:30 -07:00
build_deb.sh update version path in build scripts 2014-07-09 11:10:51 -07:00
build_rpm.sh Remove tor and python-txsocksx as dependencies, and make them recommended instead (#188) 2015-11-08 20:19:21 -08:00
BUILD.md Remove code to bring windows to front, and to get pid of processes, because these stopped working long ago. Also remove wmctrl dependency. 2015-11-08 17:30:47 -08:00
CHANGELOG.md Fixed typo in changelog 2015-11-08 22:19:02 -08:00
LICENSE updated copyright to 2013-2014 2014-07-07 17:23:29 -07:00
ppa_release.sh typo in ppa script 2014-07-10 17:22:19 -07:00
README.md Improved readme (#198) 2015-11-08 21:21:23 -08:00
requirements.txt requirements.txt: add peep hashes and more entries 2014-08-11 11:24:37 +00:00
screenshot.png Updated README, and included new screenshot to show off new settings (#198) 2015-11-08 20:43:06 -08:00
security_design.md added security design doc 2014-07-17 13:30:37 -07:00
setup.py Stop confining start-tor-browser script with AppArmor, and fix profiles to work with TBB 4.5+ (#181) 2015-05-19 13:05:00 -07:00
stdeb.cfg Remove tor and python-txsocksx as dependencies, and make them recommended instead (#188) 2015-11-08 20:19:21 -08:00
torbrowser-launcher make torbrowser-launcher script executable again 2014-09-03 13:17:41 -07:00

README.md

Tor Browser Launcher

Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make Tor Browser easier to install and use for GNU/Linux users. You install torbrowser-launcher from your distribution's package manager and it handles everything else:

  • Downloads and installs the most recent version of Tor Browser in your language and for your computer's architecture, or launches Tor Browser if it's already installed (Tor Browser will automatically update itself)
  • Certificate pins to https://www.torproject.org, so it doesn't rely on certificate authorities
  • Verifies Tor Browser's signature for you, to ensure the version you downloaded was cryptographically signed by Tor developers and was not tampered with
  • Adds "Tor Browser" and "Tor Browser Launcher Settings" application launcher to your desktop environment's menu
  • Includes AppArmor profiles to make a Tor Browser compromise not as bad
  • Optionally plays a modem sound when you open Tor Browser (because Tor is so slow)

Tor Browser Launcher is included in Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora. To install it in any other distribution, see the build instructions.

You might want to check out the security design doc.

Tor Browser Launcher screenshot

Installing in Ubuntu

If you want to always have the latest version of the torbrowser-launcher package before your distribution gets it, you can use my PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:micahflee/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install torbrowser-launcher