Orbot: Tor for Android17.8.0
Publisher Description
Orbot: Tor for Android -
Enhance your privacy and break through firewalls.
Orbot is a free VPN and proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. 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 only app that creates a truly private internet connection. As the New York Times writes, “when a communication arrives from Tor, you can never know where or whom it’s from.”
Tor won the 2012 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Pioneer Award.
★ ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES: Orbot is the safest way to use the Internet on Android. Period. Orbot bounces your encrypted traffic several times through computers around the world, instead of connecting you directly like other VPNs and proxies. This process takes a little longer, but the strongest privacy and identity protection available is worth the wait.
★ PRIVACY FOR APPS: Any app can be routed over Tor via the Orbot VPN feature
★ PRIVACY FOR EVERYONE: 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.
***We Love Feedback***
★ LEARN MORE: Learn more about Orbot and get involved at https://orbot.app
★ ABOUT US: Guardian Project is a group of developers that make secure mobile apps and open-source code for a better tomorrow.
★ OPEN-SOURCE: Orbot is free software. Take a look at our source code, or join the community to make it better: https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot
★ MESSAGE US: Are we missing your favorite feature? Found an annoying bug? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email: support@guardianproject.info
***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
About Orbot: Tor for Android
The company that develops Orbot: Tor for Android is The Tor Project. The latest version released by its developer is 17.8.0. This app was rated by 93 users of our site and has an average rating of 2.4.
To install Orbot: Tor for Android on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2026-03-18 and was downloaded 2,515 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Orbot: Tor for Android as malware as malware if the download link to org.torproject.android is broken.
How to install Orbot: Tor for Android on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Orbot: Tor for Android is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Orbot: Tor for Android will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Orbot: Tor for Android will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
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version 17.8.0-RC-3-tor-0.4.8.21-1-g1f9323281
posted on 2026-03-18
- major update to the user interface for simplicity and usability
- improved stability to backend tor service
- Update "Safety" settings for alternate icons
- Updated OpenSSL 3.5.5
version 17.7.1-RC-1-tor-0.4.8.21-1-g443dbb07
posted on 2025-12-08
- update to tor 0.4.8.21
- Big update to icon and main screen... Orbie is back!
- Small improvement to app manager and settings
- updated translations
version 17.7.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.8.19
posted on 2025-10-22
- updated to tor 0.4.8.19
- new, improved VPN code (hev-socks)
- latest updated snowflake, lyrebird pluggable transports
version 17.5.0-RC-2-tor-0.4.8.17
posted on 2025-07-09
- update to tor 0.4.8.17
- multiple user interface improvements
- latest support for WebTunnel and Snowflake Proxy
version 17.3.2-RC-1-tor-0.4.8.12
posted on 2025-07-09
update to tor 0.4.8.12
update to latest pluggable transports (snowflake, lyrebird)
add new and updated translations
version 17.2.1-RC-2-tor-0.4.8.7
posted on 2024-05-02
- Major update to new Orbot UI for v17
- updates to Snowflake, Lyrebird/Obfsproxy and other bridges
- fixes for Kindness (Snowflake Proxy) mode
- updated languages and locales
version 16.6.3-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.10
posted on 2024-05-02
- update to latest tor 0.4.7.10
- improved snowflake and obfs4 bridge support
- improved share functions for logs
version 16.6.1-RC-3-tor.0.4.6.10
posted on 2022-05-04
- updated to tor 0.4.6.10
- multiple stability improvements for start/stop, boot and VPN mode
- latest improvements to bridges, including Snowflake
- improved Snowflake proxy mode user experience
version 16.5.2-RC-5-tor.0.4.6.9
posted on 2022-03-11
tor 0.4.6.9
many fixes related to start/stop, status
improved stability
latest pluggable transports, snowflake update
fix for battery optimization setting for hosted onion services
many other things thanks to @bitmold @eighthave @syphyr and @tladesignz
version 16.4.0-RC-2a-tor-0.4.4.6
posted on 2021-04-30
- This release is done in the memory of Karsten Loesing: https://blog.torproject.org/in-memoriam-of-karsten-loesing
Karsten was part of the Tor community for 13 years and an amazing, smart, thoughtful, and gentle person who has touched us all.
- Huge update to Bridges / Pluggable Transport support, with latest Obfs4, Meek and new SNOWFLAKE support added
- Performance and stability improvements for requesting new bridges via Tor's Moat service
- Updated to tor 0.4.4.6



