The hardest part of the dark web is not getting in — it is knowing which addresses to trust. This directory lists only legitimate services run openly by known organisations: news mirrors, secure email, search engines and official institutions. Every address is published by its operator and re-checked periodically.
Unlike surface-web domains, .onion addresses have no registrar and no certificate authority vouching for who owns them — a 56-character string is all you get. That is why lookalike phishing clones are the single most common trap on Tor, and why a curated directory beats a raw search when you already know where you want to go. Everything below is a service whose .onion address is published by the organisation itself on its regular website, which remains the authoritative source if any link here stops working.
Major newsrooms run official Tor mirrors so their reporting stays reachable in countries that block it — the clearest example of what the dark web exists for.
The BBC's official international mirror, launched so audiences in censored regions can read its journalism. Same content as the clearnet site.
.onion addressbbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onionPublished by the BBC · cross-check at bbc.com
Official Tor mirror of the Times, maintained for readers in countries where the paper is blocked and for sources who need to reach it discreetly.
.onion addressnytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onionPublished by The New York Times · cross-check at nytimes.com
The investigative non-profit was the first major news outlet on Tor, back in 2016. Full access to its reporting, anonymously.
.onion addressp53lf57qovyuvwsc6xnrppyply3vtqm7l6pcobkmyqsiofyeznfu5uqd.onionPublished by ProPublica · cross-check at propublica.org
The open-source submission system, built by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, that newsrooms worldwide — including The Guardian, The Washington Post and The New York Times — use to receive documents from anonymous sources. Each newsroom runs its own .onion instance, so there is no single address: find the outlet you want in the official SecureDrop directory at securedrop.org/directory, which is the only safe place to get these addresses.
Directory maintained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation
Search the dark web with no logs, no cookies and no JavaScript — works even at Tor Browser's Safest level, and from any normal browser via onionsearchengine.com.
.onion address37djtvjcpiprohcrlyvlhfil45kdlfizsyvilqskgvdrafn5mocz4cid.onionPublished on our homepage · no-log policy
Long-standing filtered search engine for hidden services, with roots in the Tor research community. A solid second opinion for any search — see our full comparison of Tor search engines.
.onion addressjuhanurmihxlp77nkq76byazcldy2hlmovfu2epvl5ankdibsot4csyd.onionPublished by Ahmia · cross-check at ahmia.fi
Tor Browser's default engine. Important: it searches the surface web privately from inside Tor — it does not index .onion sites. Use it for normal searches, not for finding hidden services.
.onion addressduckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onionPublished by DuckDuckGo · cross-check at duckduckgo.com
The Swiss encrypted-email provider's official onion service, combining end-to-end encryption with Tor's network-level anonymity.
.onion addressprotonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onionPublished on Proton's Tor access page · cross-check at proton.me
Privacy-first email built for the Tor ecosystem, from the team behind Onion Search Engine. Accessible from clearnet and via Tor.
Details and current .onion address at onionmail.org
The activist tech collective (running since 1999) provides email, lists and collaboration tools, with its full set of onion services published as a cryptographically signed list on riseup.net — the most rigorous verification model of any entry here. Get the addresses from that signed list.
Signed address list at riseup.net
The non-profit that builds Tor itself, reachable — fittingly — as an onion service, including for anonymous donations.
.onion address2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onionPublished by the Tor Project · cross-check at torproject.org
Yes, really: the Central Intelligence Agency has operated an official onion service since 2019, mirroring cia.gov so people anywhere can reach it — and submit tips — without surveillance exposure. Its current address is published on cia.gov, which is where you should copy it from.
Address published at cia.gov/report-information
This directory is deliberately small: it lists services we can verify against their operators' own publications, and nothing else. For everything beyond it, use a search engine that filters its index — and treat whatever you find as unverified until proven otherwise. New to Tor entirely? Start with the beginner's guide to accessing .onion sites.
Can't find it in a directory? Search for it — privately.
Filtered results, no logs, no JavaScript — from clearnet or via our .onion address.
Check it against the organisation's own clearnet website — legitimate operators publish their .onion address there. Compare the full 56-character string, and never trust addresses received via chat, forum posts or unsolicited messages.
Hidden services move and go offline constantly. And all 16-character v2 addresses were retired in 2021 — only 56-character v3 addresses work today. If a link here fails, the operator's clearnet site has the current one.
Yes. Every entry is a legitimate service run openly by a known organisation; visiting them through Tor is legal in most countries, exactly like visiting their normal websites.
No — .onion addresses only resolve inside Tor. Download Tor Browser from torproject.org and paste the address there. Avoid "onion proxy" websites that offer to open them in Chrome: they see everything you do.
We re-check every listed address periodically and update the "last verified" date at the top. If you find a dead or changed link before we do, the operator's clearnet site is always the authoritative source.