checked through Tor · 20 Oct 2026

Legit .onion links

Real organisations publishing their own Tor mirrors — news, search, email, whistleblower boxes. No markets, no "hidden wiki". These only work inside Tor Browser.

Tor & privacy tools

🧅
Tor Project ✓ live
Official site, mirrors torproject.org
2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion
Open
📝
Tor Blog ✓ live
Announcements, censorship reports
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Open
🔍
DuckDuckGo ✓ live
Search engine, onion version — no JS tracking
duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion
Open
🔎
Ahmia ✓ live
Search engine that indexes onion sites and filters out abuse material
juhanurmihxlp77nkq76byazcldy2hlmovfu2epvl5ankdibsot4csyd.onion
Open
✉️
Proton Mail ✓ live
Encrypted email, official Tor mirror
protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion
Open

News

📺
BBC ✓ live
BBC's official Tor mirror (corrected — checked after dark.fail listed it)
bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion
Open
📰
Deutsche Welle ✓ live
German international broadcaster, uncensored mirror
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Open
🕵️
CIA
Yes really — the CIA's public site has an onion. Nothing secret, just for people behind censorship.
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Open

Whistleblower drop boxes (SecureDrop)

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The Guardian — SecureDrop
Anonymous tip line, run by Freedom of the Press Foundation
xp44cagis447k3lpb4wwhcqukix6cgqokbuys24vmxmbzmaq2gjvc2yd.onion
Open
🗞️
New York Times — SecureDrop
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Open
🗞️
Washington Post — SecureDrop
vfnmxpa6fo4jdpyq3yneqhglluweax2uclvxkytfpmpkp5rsl75ir5qd.onion
Open
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ProPublica — SecureDrop
33xu4yhum2eiisxm6fntaslayop76fvaqgt3ak5dakdm3t7cub25cead.onion
Open
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The Economist — SecureDrop
mxmddqsh4jnr4gjan37ayin3fu5ecnejxge4wjhj4i45qq5djbxdjtad.onion
Open
📋
SecureDrop directory (all newsrooms)
Clearnet — full official list of 70+ instances, addresses published by each outlet
securedrop.org/directory
Open
How to use: open this file inside Tor Browser (drag it onto a Tor Browser window), then click Open. Plain Chrome/Safari can't resolve .onion addresses. Never paste a password into an onion site you reached from a random list — only use addresses from the organisation's own site or this page.