onionshare v2.0-dev2 releases: Securely and anonymously share file
OnionShare
OnionShare lets you securely and anonymously share files of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor onion service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the files. It doesn’t require setting up a server on the internet somewhere or using a third party file-sharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor onion service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet. The other user just needs to use Tor Browser to download the file from you.
Features:
- A user-friendly drag-and-drop graphical user interface that works in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
- Ability to share multiple files and folders at once
- Support for multiple people downloading files at once
- Automatically copies the unguessable URL to your clipboard
- Shows you the progress of file transfers
- When file is done transferring, automatically closes OnionShare to reduce the attack surface
- Localized into several languages, and supports international Unicode filenames
Changelog v2.0-dev2
What’s new:
- New feature: Receiver mode allows you to receive files with OnionShare, instead of only sending files
- New feature: macOS sandbox is enabled
- New feature: Support for next generation onion services (TODO waiting on Tor release)
- New feature: If you’re sharing a single file, don’t zip it up
- New feature: Full support for meek_lite (Azure) bridges
- New feature: Allow selecting your language from a dropdown
- New translations: (TODO fill in for final release)
- Several bugfixes
- Invisible to users, but this version includes some major refactoring of the codebase, and a robust set of unit tests which makes OnionShare easier to maintain going forward
