What is Snowflake?
Snowflake is a volunteer-powered proxy system from the Tor Project. It uses WebRTC to create short-lived bridges that help people reach the Tor network where direct access is blocked.
A volunteer is an entry proxy, not a Tor exit relay. Destination websites see a Tor exit address rather than the volunteer's address, and the volunteer cannot see the user's final destination or the content of their Tor traffic.
Why does it matter?
Censorship can block public Tor relays. Snowflake distributes the entry point across many temporary volunteer proxies, making that kind of blocking more difficult.
Before you enable it
The official widget can donate some of this browser's bandwidth while it remains open and enabled. It does not make this browser a Tor exit, but the network connection and public IP address participate in WebRTC proxying.
No network tool is literally risk-free. Check local law, your organisation's network policy, and any data limits before volunteering.
Official Tor Project widget
Click Load the official widget, then turn its Enabled switch on to start the proxy. The Tor widget handles the actual WebRTC connections and displays their status. This page does not simulate activity or generate connection counts.
For privacy, the Tor Project is only contacted after you choose to load its widget. Keep the page open and your computer online while volunteering.
Tor also offers official browser-extension and standalone options.
Privacy notice
- This site has no analytics, advertising, accounts, first-party cookies, local storage, database, or application backend.
- The hosting provider may retain ordinary access logs under its own policy.
- Loading the widget makes a direct request to the Tor Project. Enabling it there uses WebRTC and shares network metadata needed to operate the proxy.
- The iframe receives no referrer and runs inside a restrictive browser sandbox.