TorBot
Operator: Akeem King and PS Narayanan
A local Python crawler for websites and onion sites. Shows page titles, descriptions and linked pages.
Darknet
Product
A free open-source command-line program. Stable release 4.3.0; the additional Analyst AI is documented in the dev development branch.
Availability and source date
Active
As of: 16 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
Maps the link structure of a known website or onion address. Helps you view connected pages and save results for further analysis.
Queries
| Input | Result | Result type |
|---|---|---|
| URL | Page title or hostname, short description, reachable links and their connections as a tree or table. | Retrieved |
Features
- Follows links from a specified starting URL to the chosen depth.
- Collects page titles, descriptions and the availability of links found.
- Shows connections between pages as a tree, table or JSON.
- Saves the link tree as JSON.
- The dev development branch adds analysis of saved crawls using Ollama or an external language model.
Categories
- Darknet
- Darknet crawling
Coverage
Dataset
The web pages retrieved from the specified starting page. No search index or regional dataset of its own.
Access
Installation and deployment
Locally installable
A Python CLI that can be installed locally. The separate TorBotApp is optional and is not part of the CLI installation.
Requirements
Your own Python installation, version 3.10 or later, with pip and dependencies. Tor is required for onion sites. The optional desktop interface is a separate project.
Export
A link tree as JSON or a tree view. The Analyst extension in the dev branch also writes Markdown, JSON and JSONL.
Provider
Akeem King and PS Narayanan
Country of establishment
Unknown
Interfaces
No API, MCP or AI integration is documented.
Maintenance
Licence
GPL-3.0
Latest activity
Commit 09/2026
Stars
approx. 5,100 (as of 16 October 2026)
Legal note
Limitations
- Crawls from a known starting URL; the README lists general keyword search only as a planned feature.
- The Analyst AI is documented in the dev branch and is not part of the described release 4.3.0.
Guides and practical reports
Official · Local installation and CLI examples
Akeem King und PS Narayanan · EN
Shows Python installation, starting URL, crawl depth, Tor integration and JSON export.