About Us

A clear, honest guide to Tor and the legitimate side of onion services

Onion List explains what Tor and .onion services actually are, in plain language, and highlights the legitimate organizations that use them.

There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation about Tor and the “dark web.” Most of what people hear focuses on illegal marketplaces, but Tor was built as a privacy tool, and it’s used every day by journalists, whistleblowers, human rights workers, and ordinary people who simply don’t want their browsing tracked.

This site does not list, link to, or promote marketplaces of any kind. We focus on documenting well-known, legitimate organizations that run onion services, explaining how Tor actually works, and offering practical privacy guidance that doesn’t require any special technical background.

How we choose what to feature

We link to an organization’s onion service only when it’s a widely recognized, mainstream entity (a major news outlet, a privacy or human rights organization, a well-established secure-communication tool) and we always point you to verify the address yourself through that organization’s own official site. If something doesn’t meet that bar, it doesn’t go on this site.