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This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

OnionShare¶

OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network.

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Table of contents¶

Install
Config
Use

Install¶

pacmanapt

# pacman -S onionshare

# apt install onionshare

Config¶

Change the default data directory (data_dir) location:

$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/onionshare
$ vi ~/.config/onionshare/onionshare.json
    > ...
  ~ > "data_dir": "/home/user/.local/share/onionshare",
    > ...

If you want to set a password:

$ vi ~/.config/onionshare/onionshare.json
    > ...
  ~ > "password": "your-secret-password",
    > ...

Use¶

To share a file, just run:

$ onionshare /path/to/file/or/directory/to/share

Then, share the *.onion link to the downloader. This link shall be open with the tor browser. If a username and a password are asked (even if none has been set), the default username is onionshare without password.

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