Alternatives to torsocks
A command-line wrapper that routes an application's network traffic through the Tor network. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
torsocks
A command-line wrapper that routes an application's network traffic through the Tor network.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as torsocks.
ProxyChains-NG
A UNIX command-line preloader that forces a program's TCP connections through SOCKS or HTTP proxies.
ProxyChains-NG routes programs through chains of SOCKS or HTTP proxies, not only Tor, and also runs on macOS, but only affects dynamically linked programs and is not a Tor Project tool.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Arti
The Tor Project's rewrite of the Tor client in the Rust programming language.
Orbot
Tor VPN for Android and iOS that can route chosen apps.
Tails
Amnesic live operating system that routes everything through Tor.
Whonix
Two-virtual-machine system that isolates the desktop from the network.
Firejail
A SUID sandbox program that restricts Linux applications using kernel namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
Privoxy
A non-caching web proxy that filters HTTP headers and page content to remove ads and trackers.
