http://www.open-source-security-software.net/project/onionshare/releases.atomRecent releases for onionshare2025-05-03T12:17:22.213047+00:00python-feedgenonionshare 0.7onionshare 0.72015-05-19T00:16:34+00:00What's new:
- Added code signing for Mac OS X
- Does not disable existing hidden services
- Uses allowZip64 to allow compressing files >5gb
- Sets HS dir to be in /var/lib/tor in Tails, to obey AppArmor rules
- Misc. minor code cleanup
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2015-05-19T00:16:34+00:00onionshare 0.7.1onionshare 0.7.12015-06-16T23:00:19+00:00What's new:
- Fixed critical bug in OS X binaries that caused crashes on some computers
- Added Security Design document
- Minor bug fix with Windows code signing timestamp server
- Linux version uses HS dir that is allowed by Tor Browser Launcher's AppArmor profiles
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2015-06-16T23:00:19+00:00onionshare 0.8onionshare 0.82015-12-06T02:56:00+00:00What's new:
- Add support for ephemeral hidden services
- Stopped leaking sender's locale on download page
- Add support for Tor Messenger as provider of Tor service
- Minor bugfixes, code cleanup, and refactoring
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2015-12-06T02:56:00+00:00onionshare v0.8.1onionshare v0.8.12015-12-08T01:34:57+00:00What's new:
- Fixed crash in Windows 7
- Fixed crash related to non-ephemeral hidden services in Linux
- Fixed minor bugs
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2015-12-08T01:34:57+00:00onionshare v0.9onionshare v0.92016-04-13T19:54:41+00:00What's new:
- Slugs are now shorter and human-readable, with rate limiting to prevent URL guessing
- Uses a new slug each time the server restarts
- "Stop sharing automatically" enforces only one download
- Users get asked if they're sure they want to close OnionShare while server is running
- Added estimated time remaining progress indicator
- Fixed frozen window while waiting for hidden service to start
- Displays version number in both GUI and CLI
- Closing window causes downloads to stop immediately
- Web server listens in ports 17600-17650, for future Tails support
- Updated translations
- Ported from Python 2 to Python 3 and from Qt4 to Qt5
- Ported from py2app and py2exe to PyInstaller
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2016-04-13T19:54:41+00:00onionshare v0.9.1onionshare v0.9.12016-09-06T20:53:36+00:00What's new:
- Added Nautilus extension, so you can right-click on a file and choose "Share via OnionShare", thanks to Subgraph developers
- Switch to using the term "onion service" rather than "hidden service"
- Fix CVE-2016-5026, minor security issue related to use of /tmp directory
- Switch from PyInstaller to cx_Freeze for Windows and OSX packaging
- Support CLI in Windows and OSX
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2016-09-06T20:53:36+00:00onionshare v1.0onionshare v1.02017-02-23T23:27:15+00:00What's new:
- Fixed long-standing macOS X bug that caused OnionShare to crash on older Macs (!)
- Added settings dialog to configure connecting to Tor, including support for system Tor
- Added support for stealth onion services (advanced option)
- Added support for Whonix
- Improved AppArmor profiles
- Added progress bar for zipping up files
- Improved the look of download progress bars
- Allows developers to launch OnionShare from source tree, without building a package
- Deleted legacy code, and made OnionShare purely use ephemeral Tor onion services
- Switched to EFF's diceware wordlist for slugs
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`.
2017-02-23T23:27:15+00:00onionshare v1.1.dev1onionshare v1.1.dev12017-05-17T17:13:50+00:00What's new:
* OnionShare connects to Tor itself now, so opening Tor Browser in the background isn't required
* In Windows and macOS, OnionShare alerts users about updates
* Removed the menu bar, and adding a Settings button
This is a pre-release, and there are already a few [known issues](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/milestone/10). Please test it out and let me know if you discover any other issues.
For Mac OS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`. For Linux, [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/master/BUILD.md). (These installed and binaries support native OS codesigning, so I will rely on that instead of PGP signatures for this release.)2017-05-17T17:13:50+00:00onionshare v1.1onionshare v1.12017-05-30T23:05:07+00:00What's new:
* OnionShare connects to Tor itself now, so opening Tor Browser in the background isn't required
* In Windows and macOS, OnionShare alerts users about updates
* Removed the menu bar, and added a Settings button
* Added desktop notifications, and a system tray icon
* Ability to add multiple files and folders with a single "Add" button
* Ability to delete multiple files and folders at once with the "Delete" button
* Hardened some response headers sent from the web server
* Minor clarity improvements to the contents of the share's web page
* Alert the user rather than share an empty archive if a file was unreadable
* Prettier progress bars
For macOS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `OnionShare_Setup.exe`. For Linux, [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/master/BUILD.md).2017-05-30T23:05:07+00:00onionshare v1.2onionshare v1.22018-01-18T23:58:39+00:00What's new:
* New feature: Support for Tor bridges, including obfs4proxy
* New feature: Ability to use a persistent URL
* New feature: Auto-stop timer, to stop OnionShare at a specified time
* New feature: Get notification when Tor connection dies
* Updated versions of python, Qt, tor, and other dependencies that are bundled
* Added ability to supply a custom settings file as a command line arg
* Added support for FreeBSD
* Fixed small user interface issues
* Fixed minor bugs
* New translations for Dutch
For macOS X download `OnionShare.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-setup.exe`. For Linux, install from repositories or build from source.2018-01-18T23:58:39+00:00onionshare v1.3onionshare v1.32018-02-26T19:26:50+00:00For macOS download `OnionShare-1.3.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-1.3-setup.exe`. For Linux, install from repositories or build from source.
What's new:
* Major UI redesign, introducing many UX improvements
* Client-side web interface redesigned
* New feature: Support for meek_lite pluggable transports (Amazon and Azure) - not yet ready for Windows or Mac, sorry
* New feature: Support for custom obfs4 and meek_lite bridges (again, meek_lite not available on Windows/Mac yet)
* New feature: ability to cancel share before it starts
* Bug fix: the UpdateChecker no longer blocks the UI when checking
* Bug fix: simultaneous downloads (broken in 1.2)
* Update Tor to 0.2.3.9
* Improved support for BSD
* Updated French and Danish translations
* Minor build script and build documentation fixes
* Add flake8 tests2018-02-26T19:26:50+00:00onionshare v1.3.1onionshare v1.3.12018-06-19T02:27:58+00:00For macOS download `OnionShare-1.3.1.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-1.3.1-setup.exe`. For Linux, install from repositories or build from source.
What's new:
* Updated Tor to 0.2.3.10
* Windows and Mac binaries are now distributed with licenses for tor and obfs42018-06-19T02:27:58+00:00onionshare v2.0.dev1onionshare v2.0.dev12018-12-19T04:26:03+00:00This is a development release. It's not ready daily use yet.
For macOS download `OnionShare-2.0.dev1.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-2.0.dev1-setup.exe`. For Linux, build from source.
The Windows version isn't codesigned (my codesigning certificate expired and it'll take time to get it renewed), so you'll have to click through a security warning in Windows to install it. I provide a PGP signature here so you can verify that it's legitimate.
What's new:
* New feature: Receiver mode allows you to receive files with OnionShare, instead of only sending files
* New feature: macOS sandbox is enabled
* New feature: Support for next generation onion services (TODO waiting on Tor release)
* New feature: If you're sharing a single file, don't zip it up
* New feature: Allow selecting your language from a dropdown
* New translations: (TODO fill in for final release)
* Several bugfixes2018-12-19T04:26:03+00:00onionshare v2.0.dev2onionshare v2.0.dev22018-12-22T17:54:36+00:00This is a development release. It's not ready daily use yet.
For macOS download `OnionShare-2.0.dev2.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-2.0.dev2-setup.exe`. For Linux, build from source.
What's new:
* New feature: Receiver mode allows you to receive files with OnionShare, instead of only sending files
* New feature: macOS sandbox is enabled
* New feature: Support for next generation onion services (TODO waiting on Tor release)
* New feature: If you're sharing a single file, don't zip it up
* New feature: Full support for meek_lite (Azure) bridges
* New feature: Allow selecting your language from a dropdown
* New translations: (TODO fill in for final release)
* Several bugfixes
* Invisible to users, but this version includes some major refactoring of the codebase, and a robust set of unit tests which makes OnionShare easier to maintain going forward2018-12-22T17:54:36+00:00onionshare v2.0.dev3onionshare v2.0.dev32019-01-27T07:08:39+00:00This is a development release. It's not ready daily use yet.
For macOS download `OnionShare-2.0.dev3.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-2.0.dev3-setup.exe`. For Linux, build from source.
What's new:
* New feature: Receiver mode allows you to receive files with OnionShare, instead of only sending files
* New feature: macOS sandbox is enabled
* New feature: Support for next generation onion services (TODO waiting on Tor release)
* New feature: If you're sharing a single file, don't zip it up
* New feature: Full support for meek_lite (Azure) bridges
* New feature: Allow selecting your language from a dropdown
* New translations: (TODO fill in for final release)
* Several bugfixes
* Invisible to users, but this version includes some major refactoring of the codebase, and a robust set of unit tests which makes OnionShare easier to maintain going forward2019-01-27T07:08:39+00:00onionshare v2.0onionshare v2.02019-02-18T22:35:02+00:00For macOS download OnionShare-2.pkg. For Windows download onionshare-2-setup.exe. For Linux, install from repositories or [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/develop/BUILD.md).
What's new:
* New feature: Receiver mode allows you to receive files with OnionShare, instead of only sending files
* New feature: Support for next generation onion services
* New feature: macOS sandbox is enabled
* New feature: Public mode feature, for public uses of OnionShare, which when enabled turns off slugs in the URL and removes the limit on how many 404 requests can be made
* New feature: If you're sharing a single file, don't zip it up
* New feature: Full support for meek_lite (Azure) bridges
* New feature: Allow selecting your language from a dropdown
* New translations: Bengali (বাংলা), Catalan (Català), Danish (Dansk), French (Français), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Persian (فارسی), Portuguese Brazil (Português Brasil), Russian (Русский), Spanish (Español), Swedish (Svenska)
* Several bugfixes
* Invisible to users, but this version includes some major refactoring of the codebase, and a robust set of unit tests which makes OnionShare easier to maintain going forward
2019-02-18T22:35:02+00:00onionshare v2.1.dev1onionshare v2.1.dev12019-04-22T22:38:12+00:00This is a pre-release for testing purposes.2019-04-22T22:38:12+00:00onionshare v2.1onionshare v2.12019-05-07T18:36:53+00:00For macOS download OnionShare-2.1.pkg. For Windows download onionshare-2.1-setup.exe. For Linux, install from repositories or [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/develop/BUILD.md).
What's new:
* New feature: Auto-start timer, which allows scheduling when the server starts
* Renamed CLI argument --debug to --verbose
* Make Tor connection timeout configurable as a CLI argument
* Updated various dependencies, including to fix third-party security issues in urllib3, jinja2, and jQuery
* Update Tor to 0.3.5.8
* New translations:
* Traditional Chinese (正體中文 (繁體)),
* Simplified Chinese (中文 (简体))
* Finnish (Suomi)
* German (Deutsch)
* Icelandic (Íslenska)
* Irish (Gaeilge)
* Norwegian Bokmål (Norsk Bokmål)
* Polish (Polski)
* Portuguese Portugal (Português (Portugal))
* Telugu (తెలుగు)
* Turkish (Türkçe)
* Ukrainian (Українська)
* Removed translations because less than 90% of the strings were translated:
* Bengali (বাংলা)
* Persian (فارسی)2019-05-07T18:36:53+00:00onionshare v2.2.dev1onionshare v2.2.dev12019-09-23T01:12:49+00:00For macOS download `OnionShare-2.2.dev1.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-2.2.dev1-setup.exe`. For Linux, install from repositories or [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/develop/BUILD.md).
What's new:
* New feature: Website mode, which allows publishing a static HTML website as an onion service
* Allow individual files to be viewed or downloaded in Share mode, including the ability to browse into subdirectories and use breadcrumbs to navigate back
* Show a counter when individual files or pages are viewed
* Better History items including colors and status codes to differentiate between successful and failed requests
* Swap out the random /slug suffix for HTTP basic authentication (when in non-public mode)
* Hide the Tor connection settings if the ONIONSHARE_HIDE_TOR_SETTINGS environment variable is set (Tails compatibility)
* Remove the NoScript XSS warning in Receive Mode now that the NoScript/Tor Browser bug is fixed. The ajax upload method still exists when javascript is enabled.
* Better support for DragonFly BSD
* Updated various dependencies, including Flask, Werkzeug, urllib3, requests, and PyQt5
* Updated Tor to 0.4.1.5
* Other minor bug fixes2019-09-23T01:12:49+00:00onionshare v2.2onionshare v2.22019-10-13T19:28:31+00:00For macOS download `OnionShare-2.2.pkg`. For Windows download `onionshare-2.2-setup.exe`. For Linux, install from repositories or [build from source](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/develop/BUILD.md).
What's new:
* New feature: Website mode, which allows publishing a static HTML website as an onion service
* Allow individual files to be viewed or downloaded in Share mode, including the ability to browse into subdirectories and use breadcrumbs to navigate back
* Show a counter when individual files or pages are viewed
* Better History items including colors and status codes to differentiate between successful and failed requests
* Swap out the random /slug suffix for HTTP basic authentication (when in non-public mode)
* Hide the Tor connection settings if the ONIONSHARE_HIDE_TOR_SETTINGS environment variable is set (Tails compatibility)
* Remove the NoScript XSS warning in Receive Mode now that the NoScript/Tor Browser bug is fixed. The ajax upload method still exists when javascript is enabled.
* Better support for DragonFly BSD
* Updated various dependencies, including Flask, Werkzeug, urllib3, requests, and PyQt5
* Updated Tor to 0.4.1.5
* Other minor bug fixes
* New translations:
* Arabic (العربية)
* Dutch (Nederlands)
* Persian (فارسی)
* Romanian (Română)
* Serbian latin (Srpska (latinica))
* Removed translations with fewer than 90% of strings translated:
* Finnish (Suomi)
2019-10-13T19:28:31+00:00onionshare v2.3.dev2onionshare v2.3.dev22020-11-11T04:22:25+00:00This is a development release. It's not quite ready and still has bugs.
- To install Linux Flatpak: `flatpak install ./OnionShare-2.3.dev2.flatpak`
- To install Linux Snapcraft: `snap install --devmode ./onionshare_2.3.dev2_amd64.snap`
- Windows: `OnionShare-2.3.dev2.msi`
- macOS: `OnionShare-2.3.dev2.dmg`2020-11-11T04:22:25+00:00onionshare v2.3onionshare v2.32021-02-22T01:35:08+00:00What's new:
* Major new feature: Multiple tabs, including better support for persistent services, faster Tor connections
* New feature: Chat anonymously mode
* New feature: All new design
* New feature: Ability to display QR codes of OnionShare addresses
* New feature: Web apps have responsive design and look better on mobile
* New feature: Flatpak and Snapcraft packaging for Linux
* Several bug fixes2021-02-22T01:35:08+00:00onionshare v2.3.1onionshare v2.3.12021-02-22T22:28:12+00:00What's new:
* Bugfix: Fix chat mode
* Bugfix: Fix --persistent in onionshare-cli
* Bugfix: Fix checking for updates in Windows and macOS2021-02-22T22:28:12+00:00onionshare v2.3.2.dev1onionshare v2.3.2.dev12021-05-06T03:41:30+00:00This is a pre-release for testing and for translators.
Documentation for version 2.3.2.dev1 is [here](https://docs.onionshare.org/2.3.2/en/). Specifically check these new/updated sections:
- [Receive Files and Message](https://docs.onionshare.org/2.3.2/en/features.html#receive-files-and-messages)
- [Custom Titles](https://docs.onionshare.org/2.3.2/en/advanced.html#custom-titles)
Windows installer: `OnionShare-2.3.2.dev1.msi`
macOS installer: `OnionShare-2.3.2.dev1.dmg`
To install in Linux: `snap install --devmode ~/Downloads/onionshare_2.3.2.dev1_amd64.snap`2021-05-06T03:41:30+00:00onionshare v2.3.2onionshare v2.3.22021-06-02T00:46:22+00:00What's new:
* New feature: Custom titles can be set for OnionShare's various modes
* New feature: Receive mode supports notification webhooks
* New feature: Receive mode supports submitting messages as well as files
* New feature: New ASCII art banner and prettier verbose output
* New feature: Partial support for range requests (pausing and resuming in HTTP)
* Updated Tor to 0.4.5.7
* Updated built-in obfs4 bridges
* Various bug fixes2021-06-02T00:46:22+00:00onionshare v2.3.3onionshare v2.3.32021-08-20T22:29:40+00:00What's new:
* New feature: Setting for light or dark theme
* Updated Tor to 0.4.6.7 for Linux, 0.4.5.10 for Windows and macOS
* Various bug fixes2021-08-20T22:29:40+00:00onionshare v2.4.dev1onionshare v2.4.dev12021-09-17T22:46:07+00:00This is a pre-release for testing and for translators.
Documentation for version 2.4.dev1 is [here](https://docs.onionshare.org/2.4.dev1/en/).
Windows installer: `OnionShare-2.4.dev1.msi`
macOS installer: `OnionShare-2.4.dev1.dmg`
To install in Linux: `snap install --devmode ~/Downloads/onionshare_2.4.dev1_amd64.snap`2021-09-17T22:46:07+00:00onionshare v2.4onionshare v2.42021-09-26T22:13:20+00:00What's new:
- Major feature: Private keys (v3 onion client authentication) replaces passwords and HTTP basic auth
- Updated Tor to 0.4.6.7 on all platforms
- Various bug fixes2021-09-26T22:13:20+00:00onionshare v2.5onionshare v2.52022-01-17T22:46:40+00:00What's new:
* Security fix: Sanitize the path parameter in History item widget to be plain text
* Security fix: Use microseconds in Receive mode directory creation to avoid potential DoS
* Security fix: Several hardening improvements for session and username management in Chat mode, to prevent impersonation and other issues
* Major feature: Obtain bridges from Moat / BridgeDB (over a domain-fronted Meek client)
* Major feature: Snowflake bridge support
* New feature: Tor connection settings, as well as general settings, are now Tabs rather than dialogs
* New feature: User can customize the Content-Security-Policy header in Website mode
* New feature: Built-in bridges are automatically updated from Tor's API when the user has chosen to use them
* Switch to using our `stem` fork called `cepa`, which is now published on PyPi so we can build it in releases
* Various bug fixes2022-01-17T22:46:40+00:00onionshare v2.6.dev1onionshare v2.6.dev12022-06-20T04:54:33+00:00Early release to test CI builds.2022-06-20T04:54:33+00:00onionshare v2.6.dev2onionshare v2.6.dev22022-10-02T22:40:30+00:00Early release.2022-10-02T22:40:30+00:00onionshare v2.6onionshare v2.62022-10-10T00:34:11+00:00What's new:
* Major feature: a new 'Quickstart' screen, which enables toggling on or off an animated automatic connection to Tor. This allows configuring network settings prior to automatic connection.
* Major feature: Censorship circumvention. Use new features in the upstream Tor API to try to automatically obtain bridges depending on the user's location.
* New feature: automatically fetch the built-in bridges from the upstream Tor API rather than hardcode them in each release of OnionShare.
* New feature: keyboard shortcuts to access various modes and menus, and accessibility hints
* Bug fix: Temporary Directory for serving the OnionShare web pages was broken on Windows
* Packaging: Packaging is more automated, and Linux Snapcraft releases are available for amd64, arm64, and armhf
* Miscellaneous: Many dependency updates and web page theming improvements2022-10-10T00:34:11+00:00onionshare v2.6.1.dev1onionshare v2.6.1.dev12023-10-21T03:06:37+00:00This is a development release.2023-10-21T03:06:37+00:00