macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install onion-locationlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install onion-location with Homebrew
Discover advertised Onion-Location for given URLs. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-22.
install
Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Discover advertised Onion-Location for given URLs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- onion-location
history
Project history and usage
onion-location is a small Python utility/library for discovering Onion-Location HTTP headers, the non-standard Tor Browser mechanism that lets a clearnet HTTPS site advertise its corresponding .onion service. Its package-nerd interest is less about a large standalone ecosystem and more about turning a Tor Browser convention into a scriptable CLI/library primitive.
Project history
The package appeared on PyPI as onion-location 0.1.0 on August 2, 2024, authored by Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen and licensed AGPL-3.0-or-later. PyPI describes the project as a Python library for discovering Onion-Location HTTP headers and shows a minimal API that resolves torproject.org to its advertised onion URL.
Adoption history
Its adoption evidence is modest: PyPI hosts the Python package and Homebrew packages it as onion-location. The project sits downstream of Tor's Onion-Location deployment guidance rather than defining the browser feature itself.
How it is used
Developers and operators can use onion-location to check whether a URL advertises an onion counterpart without manually inspecting response headers. That makes it useful for audits of onion-service discoverability, small monitoring scripts, or package-index style metadata enrichment.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, onion-location is a good example of a tiny package wrapping one operational convention: one HTTP response header, one Tor-specific validation model, and a CLI/package-manager surface that makes the convention easy to probe from automation.
Timeline
- 2020: Tor Browser 9.5 introduced user-facing Onion-Location support, giving HTTPS sites a browser-visible way to advertise onion services.
- 2024-08-02: onion-location 0.1.0 was released on PyPI.
- 2026: Homebrew distributes onion-location as a formula with the same advertised purpose.
Related projects
- The project is related to Tor Browser's Onion-Location feature, Tor onion services, and broader onion-service discovery work.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
onion-location | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.0
manager updated2026-04-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://codeberg.org/Freso/python-onion-location
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://codeberg.org/Freso/python-onion-locationnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:onion-location |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/onion-location |
| Homepage | https://codeberg.org/Freso/python-onion-location |
| Repository | https://codeberg.org/Freso/python-onion-location |
| Upstream docs | https://codeberg.org/Freso/python-onion-location |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/72/0d/e2656bdb8c66dc590da40622ca843f0513cd6f4b78bb1f9b6ed4592d283e/onion_location-0.1.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-04-22T11:40:33Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | python@3.14 |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2, libxslt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | onion-location |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment