GoKawiilDeveloper publishes personal blog as a Tor hidden service
A site operator configured their personal blog to be accessible via a .onion address, making it reachable only through the Tor network. The setup uses Tor's hidden service feature to route traffic through an nginx server listening locally, encrypted and relayed by the Tor network itself, with a separate build of the static site using the onion address as its base URL.
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The move illustrates how individual site owners, not just large platforms, can adopt Tor hidden services to offer censorship-resistant, anonymous access to their content. It also highlights the technical steps needed to avoid leaking a clearnet domain into onion-served pages, a common pitfall for static sites bridging both networks.
- The blog is now reachable via a .onion address exclusively within the Tor network.
- Tor hidden services encrypt and route traffic through volunteer relays to protect both visitor and server anonymity.
- A separate site build with the onion address as base URL was required to prevent clearnet links from appearing on the Tor version.
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Published there as: “Self-Hosting on the Dark Web”
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