A small Java Tor controller widget that stays conveniently on top and out of the way with a minimal footprint while you go about your activities. Also includes a Tor version checker to make sure your version of Tor is up to date.

TorPanel-8.jar
Supported by JDK/JRE 8+ (suitable for most users).

TorPanel-25.jar
Supported by JDK/JRE 25+.

By default, TorPanel will connect to 127.0.0.1:9051, attempt to authenticate to Tor without a password, compare the connected version of Tor to the latest stable version of Tor (Tor Expert Bundle, not Tor Browser), and open a warning dialog if the versions are different. To change the default behavior, you can create a torpanel.conf file in the working directory and include key-value pairs for host, port, and secret, delimited by a = (i.e. secret=password). The key-value pair for check is also available, with possible values of true or false to enable or disable version checking, respectively.

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https://scripttiger.github.io/