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Circumventing censorship

A quick overview with download links to free and open source Internet censorship circumvention tools for all devices.

NamePlatformDescription
Tor BrowserWindows, macOS, Linux, AndroidOffers anonymity and censorship circumvention (Tor)
Onion BrowseriOSOffers anonymity and censorship circumvention (Tor)
PsiphonWindows, macOS, Android, iOSCensorship circumvention VPN (fast)
LanternWindows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOSCensorship circumvention VPN (fast)

Tor Browser

Tor Browser is the de-facto anonymity web browser that uses the Tor network and provides censorship circumvention. You can download it for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android here: https://www.torproject.org/download/

Onion Browser

An iOS version of Tor Browser is OnionBrowser, available to download from the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448 You can find more information about Onion Browser here: https://onionbrowser.com/faqs

If their website is blocked you may send an email to gettor@torproject.org and receive mirror download links of Tor Browser via email.

Read more about Tor's censorship circumvention on:

Psiphon

Psiphon is a free and open source censorship circumvention tools that uses a variety of techniques to bypass Internet censorship. Is is available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS here: https://www.psiphon3.com/en/download.html

If their website is blocked you may send an email to get@psiphon3.com to receive mirror download links of Psiphon in multiple languages via email.

Read more about Psiphon here: https://www.psiphon3.com/en/psiphon-guide.html

Lantern

Lantern is a free and open source censorship circumvention tools that uses a variety of techniques to bypass Internet censorship. Is is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS here: https://getlantern.org/

Read more about Lantern here: https://getlantern.org/en_US/faq.html

Further resources in various languages