torssh-cli

SSH, SCP, SFTP and more over Tor SOCKS5 proxy. Works with both clearnet IPs and .onion hidden services.

Install

npm install -g tor-ssh

Or with pnpm:

pnpm add -g tor-ssh

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14

• nc (netcat) with SOCKS support — built-in on macOS and most Linux distros

• Tor running with SOCKS proxy (default: 127.0.0.1:9050)

  Install Tor (macOS):

  brew install tor
  brew services start tor

  Install Tor (Linux):

  sudo apt install tor
  sudo systemctl start tor

Usage

SSH over Tor

torssh [email protected]
torssh [email protected]
torssh user@host:2222

SCP over Tor

torscp file.txt user@host:/path/
torscp -r dir/ user@host:/remote/dir/

SFTP over Tor

torsftp user@host
torsftp user@host:2222

Copy SSH key over Tor

torssh-copy-id user@host

Universal wrapper (rsync, git, sshfs, mosh, ansible, etc.)

torsh ssh user@host
torsh scp file user@host:/path
torsh rsync -avz dir/ user@host:dir/
torsh git clone ssh://user@host/repo
torsh sshfs user@host:/remote /local
torsh mosh user@host
torsh ansible-playbook site.yml

Environment Variables

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | TOR_SOCKS_HOST | 127.0.0.1 | Tor SOCKS proxy host | | TOR_SOCKS_PORT | 9050 | Tor SOCKS proxy port (use 9150 for Tor Browser) |

.onion Support

.onion addresses are auto-detected. For hidden services:

• StrictHostKeyChecking is disabled (hidden services have ephemeral keys)
• VerifyHostKeyDNS is disabled (prevents DNS leaks)
• Separate known_hosts_tor file is used

License

MIT