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A command-line tool to query and control a running Tor. Based on txtorcon + Twisted.

Project description

carml is a command-line tool to query and control a running Tor (including Tor Browser Bundle). You can do things like:

  • list and remove streams and circuits;

  • monitor stream, circuit and address-map events;

  • watch for any Tor event and print it (or many) out;

  • monitor bandwidth;

  • run any Tor control-protocol command;

  • pipe through common Unix tools like grep, less, cut, etcetera;

  • download TBB through Tor, with pinned certs and signature checking;

  • …even spit out and run xplanet configs (with router/circuit markers)!

It is written in Python and uses Tor’s control-port via the txtorcon library.

Documentation at: carml.rtfd.org or tvflhlyx7o5qsl6a2v6pvzwripzzvzgt32tkhfbys7tj3zrm4faz53yd.onion/ Code at: github.com/meejah/carml

In some ways, carml started as a dumping-ground for things I happened to make Tor do at least once from Python code. Are there things you wish you could easily make Tor do from the command-line? File an enhancement bug at GitHub!

carml is also easy to extend, even with system- or virtualenv- installed packages.

Feedback is appreciated – pull-requests and bug-reports (including feature enhancements) welcome at GitHub or you can contact me in #tor-dev on OFTC or via meejah at meejah dot ca with the public-key contained in the source.

Some Quick Examples

(venv)meejah@machine:~$ carml circ --list
Connected to a Tor version "0.2.4.21 (git-c5a648cc6f218339)" (status: recommended).
Circuits:
   809: BUILT 29 minutes ago carmlfake0->~Unnamed->lobstertech
   810: BUILT 29 minutes ago ~carmelfake1->~toxiroxi->~SECxFreeBSD64
   811: BUILT 5 minutes ago carmelfake2->torpidsDEinterwerk->~rainbowwarrior
   813: BUILT 24 seconds ago carmlfake0->~arkhaios1->~IPredator
(venv)meejah@machine:~$ carml circ --delete 810
Connected to a Tor version "0.2.4.21 (git-c5a648cc6f218339)" (status: recommended).
Deleting circuit "810"...
...circuit 172 gone.
(venv)meejah@machine:~$ echo "hello world" | carml pastebin --once
12 bytes to share.
Launching Tor: connected.
People using Tor Browser Bundle can find your paste at (once the descriptor uploads):

   http://ok2byooigb4v53be.onion

If you wish to keep the hidden-service keys, they're in (until we shut down):
/dev/shm/tortmp6eHPg4
Awaiting descriptor upload...
Descriptor uploaded; hidden-service should be reachable.
Mon Jul 21 13:54:38 2014: Serving request to User-Agent "curl/7.37.0".
Shutting down.
(venv3)meejah@machine:~$ carml tbb
Getting recommended versions from "http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions".
   7.5.5, 7.5.5-MacOS, 7.5.5-Linux, 7.5.5-Windows, 7.5.6, 7.5.6-MacOS,
   7.5.6-Linux, 7.5.6-Windows, 8.0a8, 8.0a8-MacOS, 8.0a8-Linux,
   8.0a8-Windows, 8.0a9, 8.0a9-MacOS, 8.0a9-Linux, 8.0a9-Windows
Note: there are alpha versions available; use --alpha to download.
Downloading "tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz.asc" from:
    http://scpalcwstkydpa3y7dbpkjs2dtr7zvtvdbyj3dqwkucfrwyixcl5ptqd.onion/torbrowser/7.5.5/tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz.asc
Downloading "tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz" from:
    http://scpalcwstkydpa3y7dbpkjs2dtr7zvtvdbyj3dqwkucfrwyixcl5ptqd.onion/torbrowser/7.5.5/tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz
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gpg: assuming signed data in 'tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz'
gpg: Signature made Sat 09 Jun 2018 06:42:37 AM MDT
gpg:                using RSA key D1483FA6C3C07136
gpg: Good signature from "Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser@torproject.org>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: EF6E 286D DA85 EA2A 4BA7  DE68 4E2C 6E87 9329 8290
     Subkey fingerprint: A430 0A6B C93C 0877 A445  1486 D148 3FA6 C3C0 7136
Signature is good.
Extracting "tor-browser-linux64-7.5.5_en-US.tar.xz"...
  decompressing...
   20% extracted
   40% extracted
   60% extracted
   80% extracted
  100% extracted
Tor Browser Bundle downloaded and extracted.
running: ./tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser

License

carml is public domain. See unlicense.org for more information.

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