Tor Daemon: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Tor Daemon from Tor Project

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-05-12

What is Tor Daemon?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementThe Tor daemon is the core background process that connects a user"s computer to the anonymous Tor network. It is responsible for creating and managing encrypted circuits through a series of volunteer-operated servers, known as relays. Essentially, this daemon acts as the engine that enables applications, like the Tor Browser, to route their internet traffic privately and conceal the user"s true IP address.
 

The entire lifecycle of Tor Daemon

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Tor Daemon. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Tor Daemon (Tor Project) release, version and end-of-life information
XTor Daemon (Tor Project) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Tor Daemon (Tor Project)
 

Facts and figures about Tor Daemon

Product
Tor Daemon
Vendor
Tor Project
Latest version
0.4.9.8
Number of releases
6
Number of versions
556
Number of unstable versions
310
Number of versions affected by CVE
251
Licence details
https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)
 
 

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