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Analysis updated 2026-07-19 · repo last pushed 2025-11-26

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TL;DR

A free educational PDF book and code repo that teaches you how to route all of your computer's internet traffic through the Tor network for privacy, covering MAC address randomization and persistent Tor service setup.

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    What it does
      Routes all traffic via Tor
      Teaches MAC obfuscation
      Sets up persistent Tor
    Format
      Downloadable PDF book
      Code companion repo
    Audience
      Privacy-conscious users
      Researchers and journalists
      Security self-learners
    License
      Apache open source
      Free to use
    Topics
      Anonymity techniques
      Network privacy
      Reverse engineering links

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Route all of your computer's internet traffic through Tor for full-system anonymity.

REASON 2

Randomize your device's MAC address to make hardware harder to trace on networks.

REASON 3

Set up a Tor service that runs continuously in the background and survives reboots.

REASON 4

Learn privacy techniques as a journalist or researcher concerned about surveillance.

What's in the stack?

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How it stacks up

mytechnotalent/tor-everythingabgcto/hey-claudeernie-research/nava
Stars626262
LanguageSwiftPython
Last pushed2025-11-26
MaintenanceQuiet
Setup difficultymoderateeasyhard
Complexity3/52/55/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperresearcher

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires reading the PDF guide and comfort with Linux networking and command-line tools.

Free to use, modify, and distribute for any purpose including commercial use, as long as you include the copyright notice and license terms.

Wtf does this do

TOR Everything is a free educational book and companion code repository by Kevin Thomas that teaches you how to route all of your computer's internet traffic through the Tor network for anonymity. The main deliverable is a downloadable PDF book, and the repository serves as the home base for accessing that guide. The guide walks through two main concepts. First, it covers MAC obfuscation, which means hiding or randomizing your device's hardware-level network identifier so that your computer is harder to trace even before it connects to the internet. Second, it explains how to set up a persistent Tor service, meaning Tor runs continuously in the background and handles internet traffic from all of your operating system's apps, not just a single browser. The word "persistent" means this setup survives reboots rather than needing to be manually started each time. The audience is people who want stronger privacy than a normal browser provides, such as researchers, journalists, or anyone concerned about surveillance. If you have only used the Tor Browser for occasional private browsing and want to understand how to extend that kind of anonymity to your entire machine, this book is aimed at you. The README is sparse on detail, pointing to the PDF for the actual instructions, so the repository functions more as a distribution point for a book than as a standalone software project. The project is free and open source under the Apache License. The author also links to a separate reverse-engineering course, suggesting this guide is part of a broader self-study curriculum for people interested in security and privacy topics.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
How do I set up a persistent Tor service on Linux so all my system traffic routes through Tor and survives reboots?
Prompt 2
What is MAC obfuscation and how can I randomize my network interface's MAC address before connecting to the internet?
Prompt 3
Walk me through the steps from the Tor Everything book to route all OS traffic through Tor, not just my browser.
Prompt 4
Help me understand the difference between using the Tor Browser and running a persistent Tor service for full-machine anonymity.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is tor-everything?

A free educational PDF book and code repo that teaches you how to route all of your computer's internet traffic through the Tor network for privacy, covering MAC address randomization and persistent Tor service setup.

Is tor-everything actively maintained?

Quiet — no commits in 6-12 months (last push 2025-11-26).

What license does tor-everything use?

Free to use, modify, and distribute for any purpose including commercial use, as long as you include the copyright notice and license terms.

How hard is tor-everything to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is tor-everything for?

Mainly developer.

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