Tor.framework

Tor.framework is the easiest way to embed Tor in your iOS application. The API is not stable yet, and subject to change.

Currently, the framework compiles in static versions of tor, libevent and openssl:

tor	0.2.7.6
libevent	2.0.22
OpenSSL	1.0.2g

Requirements

• iOS 8.0 or later
• Xcode 7.0 or later
• autoconf, automake, libtool and gettext in your PATH

Installation

Embedded frameworks require a minimum deployment target of iOS 8 or OS X Mavericks (10.9).

If you use brew, make sure to install autoconf, automake, libtool and gettext:

brew install automake autoconf libtool gettext

Carthage

To integrate Tor into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "iCepa/Tor.framework" "master"

Usage

Starting an instance of Tor involves using three classes: TORThread, TORConfiguration and TORController.

Here is an example of integrating Tor with NSURLSession:

TORConfiguration *configuration = [TORConfiguration new];
configuration.cookieAuthentication = @(YES);
configuration.dataDirectory = [NSURL URLWithString:NSTemporaryDirectory()];
configuration.controlSocket = [configuration.dataDirectory URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"control_port"];
configuration.arguments = @[@"--ignore-missing-torrc"];

TORThread *thread = [[TORThread alloc] initWithConfiguration:configuration];
[thread start];

NSURL *cookieURL = [configuration.dataDirectory URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"control_auth_cookie"];
NSData *cookie = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:cookieURL];
TORController *controller = [[TORController alloc] initWithSocketURL:configuration.controlSocket];
[controller authenticateWithData:cookie completion:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) {
    if (!success)
        return;
    
    [controller addObserverForCircuitEstablished:^(BOOL established) {
        if (!established)
            return;
        
        [controller getSessionConfiguration:^(NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration) {
            NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:configuration];
            ...
        }];
    }];
}];