This release brings a major overhaul of the OpenVPN integration, improved bridge support, better TorBox on a Cloud compatibility, and numerous security dependency updates. TorBox Image (about 2 GB): v.0.5.5 (22.03.2026) – SHA-256 valuesTorBox mini Image (about 2 GB): v.0.5.5 (22.03.2026) – SHA-256 valuesTorBox Menu only: v.0.5.5 (22.03.2026) – SHA-256 values Alternatively, you can download the image from our TorBox cloud test installation. • • • Changelog • … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.5 – OpenVPN Update, 22 March 2026"
Debian 13 (Trixie) was released in August 2025. Raspberry Pi OS 6.x, based on Debian 13, was released in October 2025. As a result, the TorBox installation scripts no longer ran properly. At the beginning of December, we fixed the installation scripts and also created new images for TorBox (Raspberry Pi) and TorBox mini (Raspberry … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.5 – Debian 13 (Trixie) Update, 01 December 2025"
In this Security and Maintenance Update, our focus was on fixing a possible vulnerability when using TorBox or TorBox on a Cloud as an OpenVPN server. To circumvent possible firewalls, the default port was set to 443. So far, TorBox on a Cloud has not been affected by this vulnerability. However, fixing the OpenVPN server … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.4 – Security and Maintenance Update 20 July 2025"
A TorBox user reported to us via email that ICPM packages used in conjunction with ping and traceroute were not blocked by TorBox, which, if exploited, could reveal the user’s IP address and location. The reason for this vulnerability is an error in the firewall rules. The updated images, linked below, will not only fix … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.4 – Security Update 17 April 2025"
Unbelievable! TorBox v.0.5.3 was released approximately 1,5 years ago, and the image was updated a year ago because of the rebasing of Raspberry Pi OS on Debian 12 Bookworm. The installation script worked fine until the Raspberry Pi OS release on November 19th 2024, which broke the installation because of removed packages. Therefore, we decided … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.4 released"
Unfortunately, it is a fact that criminals have also been using tor. In 2001, a major pedocriminal platform in Germany was taken down by the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA). In September of this year, researchers showed that the successful investigation against the operator of this platform was only possible through a successful deanonymisation … Continue reading "Deanonymisation through traffic correlation analysis"
Since October 2023, Raspberry Pi OS has been based on Debian 12 “Bookworm”. The only negative impact for TorBox was located in the installation script. The management of Python modules with pip3 was blocked. We fixed that issue and updated the TorBox image with the new Raspberry Pi OS. The new image works with Linux Kernel 6.1.21 and Tor version … Continue reading "Update your TorBox"
With the current release, we were focused on improving the functionalities in TorBox. For example, TorBox Chat Secure can now be a chatroom with an “open” channel for all participants and private channels (similar to the old and mighty IRC). We also added support and generation of SSH keys for the TorBox login, even though we stuck to … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.3 released"
Monday, 3rd of April 2023, Tor Project and Mullvad announced the launch of the Mullvad Browser. This browser is built on the same principles and with similar safety levels as the Tor Browser — but that works independently of the Tor network. In short: the Mullvad Browser is Tor Browser without the Tor Network. It gives … Continue reading "Mullvad Browser – ideal to use with TorBox"
originally released on February 7, 2023 by isabella, taken from the tor blog (slightly redacted) For at least 7 months, several different types of ongoing denial of service (DoS) attacks have affected the Tor network. At some points, the attacks impacted the network severely enough that users could not load pages or access onion services. … Continue reading "Tor is slow right now. Here is what is happening"
Update – 10.03.2023With this update, we brought TorBox’s software to the latest state: Raspberry Pi OS “Bullseye” lite 64bit (Release date: February 21st, 2023) with the Linux Kernel 5.15.84 and Tor version 0.4.7.13 with obfs4proxy version 0.0.14 and Snowflake 2.5.1. We also fixed some critical bugs in connection with Snowflake and Meek, which blocked the correct functioning of these two bridges (see below). … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.2 released — Chat Secure"
Again, some time has passed since the initial release of TorBox v.0.5.1. Even if we already started to work on TorBox v.0.5.2, we decided to release an updated image of TorBox v.0.5.1 due to some critical fixes and a new tor version. This version is based on Raspberry Pi OS “Bullseye” lite (64 bit) with Linux Kernel 5.15.61 and Tor … Continue reading "Update your TorBox"
Honestly, TorBox v.0.5.0 was not one of our finest. When I started to fix some known problems and bugs almost a month ago, I found so much more. It was time to go into details and especially to fix to code added with version 0.5.0 – row by row. This version should run more reliable … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.1 released — smashing Bugs"
Six months have passed since the initial release of TorBox v.0.5.0. Version 0.5.1 will probably be released at the end of this year. Nevertheless, it was time to fix some bugs in version v.0.5.0 (especially concerning using OBFS4 bridges). If you re-install TorBox (using the image file or one of the installation scripts), in the … Continue reading "Update your TorBox"
TorBox v.0.5.0 is a major upgrade because starting with this version, it not only can be used to help clients to access the Internet safely and circumvent censorship, it also allows to bring your content in a safe and uncensored way to the Internet. Again, nyxnor, with his OnionJuggler project, was a key driver behind … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.5.0 released — juggling with Onions"
Please participate on our Github discussion board. I need as much input as necessary to decide if we should permanently change how TorBox is dealing with captive portals. Current situation When the user changes the connection settings in the main menu, he is confronted with a dialogue asking if it is a direct connection or a … Continue reading "Should we change the way how TorBox is dealing with captive portals?"
We have good and bad news… Bad NewsThe next TorBox release (v.0.5.0) will not be published before the end of the year. We will not update the image file befor, because we need the time to properly implement Onion Service support and to intensively test the new version. Good NewsWe updated our installation script so … Continue reading "Update your TorBox"
Again, thanks to several approaches by nyxnor, the core changes in TorBox v.0.4.2 is about hardening it (see also our discussion here). Our goal is to offer users in authoritarian countries the safest possible way to install and use TorBox. That said, I want to remind you once more that it is strongly advised not … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.4.2 released — hardening"
We are very dependent on your feedback! In this release, we have made an effort to implement more of your requests and, again, to improve the usability of TorBox based on your feedback. In this journey to the TorBox v.0.4.1, nyxnor has been a huge support, rewriting the OBFS4 bridge support of TorBox, which is … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.4.1 released — easier than ever"
In the last months, we travelled around, and with this release, we tried to implement some improvements based on our experience with the daily application of the TorBox. The most significant improvement is abolishing wicd and introducing our new TorBox Wireless Manager (TWM). Not only is the TWM much easier to use, but it also doesn’t need … Continue reading "TorBox v.0.4.0 released — welcome TorBox Wireless Manager!"