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Tor

Summary

Tor is a daemon[1]. Tor ranks in the top 4% of daemon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tor received the FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit[3].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as daemon[4].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as software library[5].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as utility software[6].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as software package[7].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as free software[8].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as network[9].
  • Tor's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[10].
  • Tor's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .onion[11].
  • Tor's founder is recorded as The Tor Project, Inc[12].
  • onion routing is named after Tor[13].
  • Tor's developer is recorded as The Tor Project, Inc[14].
  • Tor's developer is recorded as Roger Dingledine[15].
  • Tor's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[16].
  • Tor's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[17].
  • Tor's programmed in is recorded as Python[18].
  • Tor's programmed in is recorded as Q575650[19].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[20].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[21].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as BSD[22].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as macOS[23].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as Android[24].
  • Tor's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[25].
  • Tor's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.5.10[26].
  • Tor's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.4.26[27].

Body

Reception

Tor received the FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit[3].

Why It Matters

Tor ranks in the top 4% of daemon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,141 views/month).[2] Tor has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Tor is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Tor receive?

Honors received include FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit[3].

Related Entities

Android Arti BSD free software macOS Microsoft Windows Molly Python Roger Dingledine router Rust Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . fsf.org. fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . www2.guidestar.org. www2.guidestar.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . gitweb.torproject.org. Retrieved . gitweb.torproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . torproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.torproject.org. lists.torproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . guardianproject.info. Retrieved . guardianproject.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . lists.torproject.org. Retrieved . lists.torproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lists.torproject.org. Retrieved . lists.torproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.5.10, 0.2.4.26, 0.2.5.11 +106
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27995, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 13d ago · ~2026-25821-69 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.5.10, 0.2.4.26, 0.2.5.11 +106
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 0.4.9.8"
  3. 13d ago · ~2026-25821-69 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Tor (anonymity network)
    Publication date → +2002-09-20T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Daily patronage → {'amount': '+2000000'}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 0.4.9.7"
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