i2p.plugins.tor-updater

A Tor package updater and runner as an I2P Plugin. This plugin is still being changed rapidly but it should be usable on most Linux distributions as of 23 Jan, 2022.

Usage:

Usage of ./i2p.plugins.tor-manager-linux-amd64:
  -arch string
        OS/arch to download (default "64")
  -i2pbrowser
        Open I2P in Tor Browser
  -lang string
        Language to download
  -os string
        OS/arch to download (default "linux")
  -torbrowser
        Open Tor Browser

Status:

Linux: Usable, most things work. Windows: Unstable, mostly usable, does not work in some important cirumstances, cannot run from a flash drive OSX: Unstable, untested, not usable, WIP.

Other systems are not targeted and should use a Tor binary built from source, provided by TPO or, their prefered package management system and not this plugin. The plugin will not start a Tor instance if a SOCKS proxy is open on port 9050.

Primary Goals

Ship known-good public keys, download a current Tor for the platform in the background, authenticate it, and launch it only if necessary.

Works on Windows, Linux, probably also OSX

Supervise Tor as a ShellService plugin to I2P

Works on Linux

Keep Tor up-to-date

Works on Windows, Linux, probably also OSX

Work as an I2P Plugin OR as a freestanding app to be compatible with all I2P distributions

Works on Linux, probably works on Windows

Download Tor Browser from an in-I2P mirror(or one of a network of in-I2P mirrors)

Not done

Secondary Goals:

Launch Tor Browser

Works on Linux

Configure and launch Tor browser for use with I2P

Works on Linux, probably also Windows, probably not OSX yet.

Optional Features I might add if there is interest

Mirror the files which it downloads to an I2P Site
Mirror the files which it downloads to I2P torrents
Set up an onion site which announces an I2P mirror exists
Use Bittorrent-over-I2P to download the Tor Browser software

Similar Projects:

https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher
https://github.com/whonix/tb-updater