Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

Orbot is the official Tor VPN for Android. Orbot bounces your encrypted traffic several times through computers around the world, instead of connecting you directly like traditional VPNs and proxies. This process takes a little longer, but the strongest privacy and identity protection available is worth the wait.



Traffic Privacy

Encrypted traffic from any app, through the Tor network, gives you the highest standard of security and privacy.

Stop Snooping

No extra eyes know what apps you are using, and when, or can stop you from using them.

No History

No central logging of your traffic history or IP address by your network operator and app servers.

Privacy

Any installed app can use Tor via the Orbot VPN feature, or if it has a proxy feature, using the settings found here: https://goo.gl/2OA1y Use Orbot with Twitter, or try private web searching with DuckDuckGo: https://goo.gl/lgh1p
Orbot prevents someone watching your connection from knowing what apps you are using or websites you visit. All anyone monitoring your network traffic can see is that you're using Tor.

Do I need both Tor Browser for Android and Orbot, or only one?

While both Tor Browser for Android and Orbot are great, they serve different purposes. Tor Browser for Android is like the desktop Tor Browser, but on your mobile device. It is a one stop browser that uses the Tor network and tries to be as anonymous as possible. Orbot on the other hand is a proxy that will enable you to send the data from your other applications (E-Mail clients, instant messaging apps, etc.) through the Tor network; a version of Orbot is also inside of the Tor Browser for Android, and is what enables it to connect to the Tor network. That version, however, does not enable you to send other apps outside of the Tor Browser for Android through it. Depending on how you want to use the Tor network, either one or both of these could be a great option.

Disclaimer

Guardian Project makes apps that are designed to protect your security and anonymity. The protocols that we use are widely regarded as the state of the art in security technology. While we are constantly upgrading our software to combat the latest threats and eliminate bugs, no technology is 100% foolproof. For maximum security and anonymity users must utilize best practices to keep themselves safe. You can find a good introductory guide to these topics at https://securityinabox.org

What's New

  • 9b9ec59 (HEAD -> master, tag: 17.7.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.8.19) update version code to 1770300100 17.7.0 RC 1
  • e672924 update to tor-android 0.4.8.19
  • 02ae1cd Merge branch 'master' of github.com:guardianproject/orbot
  • 6b266c6 (origin/master, origin/HEAD) Merge pull request #1453 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • d67be98 Translated using Weblate (Irish)
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  • df7c453 (HEAD -> master, tag: 17.7.0-BETA-1-tor-0.4.8.18) update to 17.7.0-BETA-1-tor-0.4.8.18
  • bdbe1d4 (origin/master, origin/HEAD) update to tor android 0.4.8.18
  • 6dc9088 Merge pull request #1451 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • 9d258a4 Merge pull request #1450 from tladesignz/conf-improvement
  • 87b707d Translated using Weblate (Japanese)
  • ea3d4dc When doing smart connect, don't restart Tor, but reconfigure instead.
  • 25c00f1 Merge pull request #1449 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • cab24fb Improved proxy settings UI. Only allow valid protocols.
  • 846d1a3 Improved proxy support: Only pass valid proxy conf to Tor. Pass proxy conf to Lyrebird, too!
  • 712d18f Translated using Weblate (Romanian)
  • 706929c Merge pull request #1447 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • acf1243 Translated using Weblate (Russian)
  • 8700fbc Merge pull request #1445 from guardianproject/nonblocking_vpnservice
  • 9dec64e Merge pull request #1446 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • 17ad3b2 Translated using Weblate (Chinese (Traditional Han script))
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  • 5eb9b02 (origin/nonblocking_vpnservice) make OrbotService use VpnServices nonblocking defaults
  • 1521f47 Merge pull request #1444 from weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot
  • f787072 Translated using Weblate (Irish)
  • e8c7cf5 Translated using Weblate (Chinese (Simplified Han script))
  • 50cb8a6 removed more cruft from OrbotVpnManager
  • 3348531 Merge pull request #1352 from guardianproject/hevsocks
  • 9891061 Merge branch 'master' into hevsocks
  • 5af1733 bump minor android library deps, removed unused dependency definitions
  • bf71a6f change text from go-tun2socks to hev-socks5-tunnel in about dialog
  • 37b4d6a build hev-socks5-tunnel in release instead of debug mode
  • ea345a7 Improved README.md. Removed stuff which became superfluous with the change to Gradle externalNativeBuild.
  • aaa67f4 set hev-socks to 2.13.0 release, was on their main branch
  • bc901d1 Make ndk-build part of gradle/Android Studio build process, this was lost in rebase
  • 1a110a4 lingering files
  • 4570170 Fixed oopsi.
  • cbb601f Cleaned up constants.
  • 17c04c4 Removed now unused DNSResolver.
  • e48a82d Updated build script.
  • afa1f72 Removed now useless gitignore entries.
  • 63f833f Removed hev-socks5-tunnel submodule from old location.
  • 1329036 Remove OrbotLib and directly use iptproxy 4.2.2 from mavencentral
  • a2f4ac7 libpcap dependencies (core + factory)
  • e19b8b0 Changes needed to build after merging master
  • 0a19070 Merge branch 'master' into hevsocks
  • 3b9f83f Merge pull request #1442 from tladesignz/master
  • e8abf05 Fixed setting exit node to a specific country.
  • 68ebda3 Added build instructions.
  • 2dbba19 Removed obsolete code.
  • d78b8fc Updated hev-socks5-tunnel to latest version 2.13.0. Leverage new mapdns feature.
  • ca20724 android lint
  • 239d84d consolidated local string utility functions to one kotlin object
  • bc081ef Merge remote-tracking branch 'weblate/weblate-guardianproject-orbot'
  • 3f2e738 Update geoip.jar