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<h1>Join the Tor Network</h1>
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<p>We created a video with <a
href="https://www.tacticaltech.org/">Tactical
Tech</a> to help understand why being a relay matters (<a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-english.ogv">HD
version</a>). It is translated into <a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-arabic.ogv">Arabic</a>,
<a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-farsi.ogv">Farsi</a>,
<a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-german.ogv">German</a>,
<a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-mandarin.ogv">Mandarin
Chinese</a>, and <a
href="https://media.torproject.org/video/2012-03-04-BuildingBridges-HD-spanish.ogv">Spanish</a></p>

<p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more
people who run Tor as a relay or a bridge, the faster and safer the
network becomes.</p>

<h1>Three ways to join and help out</h1>
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<ul class="hlist">
<li><a href="#diy">Run it yourself.</a></li>
<li><a href="#cloud">Run it in the cloud.</a></li>
<li class="last"><a href="#donate">Donate to others to run it for
you.</a></li>
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<h2>Run it yourself</h2>
<p>You can run Tor as either a relay or a bridge. A bridge will usually
see less traffic than a relay, and will only be the first hop in the
three hop circuit. </p>

<h3>Microsoft Windows</h3>
<ul>
<li>Be a Bridge: <a
href="<package-win32-bridge-bundle-stable>">package</a>, <a
href="<package-win32-bridge-bundle-stable>.asc">signature</a></li>
<li>Be a Relay: <a href="<package-win32-relay-bundle-stable>">package</a>,
<a href="<package-win32-relay-bundle-stable>.asc">signature</a></li>
<li>Be an Exit Relay: <a
href="<package-win32-exit-bundle-stable>">package</a>, <a
href="<package-win32-exit-bundle-stable>.asc">signature</a></li>
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<p>Read the instructions on how to configure a <a href="<page
docs/bridges>#RunningABridge">bridge</a> or a <a href="<page
docs/tor-doc-relay>#setup">relay</a>.</p>

<h3>Mac OS X</h3>
<ul>
<li>Be a Bridge (Intel Macs): <a
href="<package-osx-x86-bundle-stable>">package</a>, <a
href="<package-osx-x86-bundle-stable>.asc">signature</a></li>
<li>Be a Bridge (PowerPC Macs ): <a
href="<package-osx-ppc-bundle-stable>">package</a>, <a
href="<package-osx-ppc-bundle-stable>.asc">signature</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Read the instructions on how to configure a <a href="<page
docs/bridges>#RunningABridge">bridge</a> or a <a href="<page
docs/tor-doc-relay>#setup">relay</a>.</p>

<h3>Unix, Linux, BSD, and everything else</h3>
<p>Read the instructions on how to configure a
<a href="<page docs/tor-relay-debian>">relay</a>
or a <a href="<page docs/bridges>#RunningABridge">bridge</a>.</p>
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<h2>Use the cloud</h2>
<p>The <a href="https://cloud.torproject.org/">Tor Cloud</a> project
runs on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. This gives you a
user-friendly way of deploying bridges to help users access an uncensored
Internet. Setting up a Tor bridge on Amazon EC2 is cheap, simple, and
will only take you a couple of minutes.</p>
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<h2>Donate to others to run for you</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.torservers.net/">Torservers</a>, <a
href="http://noisetor.net/">Noisetor</a>, and <a href="https://nos-oignons.net">Nos Oignons</a> will turn your donation into Tor
exit relays.</p>
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