Processing
On-device
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
OnionShare
An open-source tool for anonymously sharing or receiving files, hosting a temporary website and chatting through Tor onion services.
- Desktop · Mobile · CLI
- On-device
- Open source
- No account required
- Pricing
- Donation
- Category
- Privacy and security
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
No account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
None detected
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
No
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
No
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- Files can be transferred directly from the sender’s device without being stored by an OnionShare cloud provider.
- Tor onion services provide authenticated end-to-end encrypted transport and can reduce exposure of participant network locations.
Trade-offs
- The onion address is a capability secret; anyone who receives it may access the shared service until access is revoked or the service stops.
- Tor protects transport and network location but cannot protect a compromised endpoint, unsafe documents, voluntarily disclosed identity or recipient behavior.
Best for
Journalists, researchers and individuals who need temporary anonymous file transfer or publishing without a central hosting account.
Consider another option when
Routine high-speed cloud synchronization, recipients who cannot use Tor or situations where endpoint identity has already been exposed.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- On-device
- Storage
- Local device
- Offline support
- No
- Self-hosting
- No
- Data export
- Partial
- Data deletion
- Partial
Alternatives
LocalSend
A cross-platform local-network file-transfer tool that works without an account, cloud service, or internet connection.
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Syncthing
An open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization program that exchanges files directly between authorized devices.
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Tor Browser
A privacy-focused browser that routes traffic through the Tor network and standardizes browser behavior to reduce tracking and fingerprinting.
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Evidence
4 public sources collected
- OnionShareonionshare.org · Product page · file sharing, receiving, websites, chat, Tor and open-source status
- OnionShare Securitydocs.onionshare.org · Documentation · direct hosting, onion-service encryption and threat-model limitations
- OnionShare Privacy Policyonionshare.org · Privacy policy · absence of application analytics and website IP logging
Review status: ListedLast reviewed: Not yet reviewedCatalogue updated: 16 Jul 2026
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