Someone IRL asked me about mirrored downloads of Tor Browser on services like GitHub. I know that such services are planned (or already implemented?) for GetTor, and I know about these tickets:
Integrate cloud services that are not blocked in mainland China https://bugs.torproject.org/14114
Automate upload of latest Tor Browser to cloud services https://bugs.torproject.org/14744
Script to upload Tor Browser to Github https://bugs.torproject.org/14835
My question is, is there a static URL on GitHub or similar that has the latest downloads? That is, one that people can access even without having used GetTor? Such a URL would be more useful than a typical mirror for many users.
I was referred to Lantern's GitHub download page for comparison: https://github.com/getlantern/lantern/releases/tag/latest It has direct links to downloads under githubusercontent.com: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getlantern/lantern-binaries/master/lantern... https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getlantern/lantern-binaries/master/lantern... https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getlantern/lantern-binaries/master/lantern...
Hi David,
My question is, is there a static URL on GitHub or similar that has the latest downloads? That is, one that people can access even without having used GetTor? Such a URL would be more useful than a typical mirror for many users.
Yes, you can find the latest Tor Browser versions here:
https://github.com/gettorbrowser/dl
Although you will need to know which is the latest version in order to construct a direct download link. I might work on that by the end of my SoP if people find it useful.
We are also trying to get an official account for it, but it's still on progress (https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10692).
p.s.: GetTor is not sending links for the latest version (something is broken with the fetch latest torbrowser script). I'm currently having troubles with my internet connection, so I'll work on it once I have access again.
Saludos. --ilv
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:07:17PM -0300, ilv wrote:
Hi David,
My question is, is there a static URL on GitHub or similar that has the latest downloads? That is, one that people can access even without having used GetTor? Such a URL would be more useful than a typical mirror for many users.
Yes, you can find the latest Tor Browser versions here:
https://github.com/gettorbrowser/dl
Although you will need to know which is the latest version in order to construct a direct download link. I might work on that by the end of my SoP if people find it useful.
Thanks, that's great!
We are also trying to get an official account for it, but it's still on progress (https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10692).
I think this is an important job, so I hope you get whatever support you need to get official accounts.
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David Fifield -
ilv