Snowflake English (en) عربية (ar) беларуская (be) česky (cs) Deutsch (de) Español (es) فارسی (fa) Français (fr) Gaeilge (ga) Magyar nyelv (hu) bahasa Indonesia (id) 日本語 (ja) ქართული ენა (ka) Nederlands (nl) polski (pl) Português Port. (pt-PT) Русский (ru) slovenčina (sk) Svenska (sv) Türkçe (tr) українська (uk) Tiếng Việt (vi) 简体中文 (zh-CN) 正體中文 (zh-TW) Get Snowflake Free your connection Use Snowflake to give censorship the slip in places where Tor is blocked. BLOCKED USER Start using Snowflake Now Snowflake comes embedded in Tor-powered apps like Tor Browser, Orbot, and Ricochet-Refresh. If any of these apps can’t connect to the Tor network, you can use Snowflake to unblock Tor. Read the FAQs Tor Browser Get it from: torproject.org/download Available for Desktop & Android Snowflake Ready to Use Made by Tor Project View Detail Orbot Get it from: orbot.app Available for Android & iOS Snowflake Ready to Use Made by Guardian Project View Detail Ricochet-Refresh Get it from: ricochetrefresh.net Available for Desktop Snowflake Ready to Use Made by Blueprint for Free Speech View Detail UNBLOCKED USER Powered by volunteers Donate your bandwidth and help Tor users circumvent censorship by deploying your own Snowflake. 127,599 Snowflakes (and counting) Install the browser addon The easiest way to spin up a Snowflake is to install the browser addon, enable it, and see the icon turn green when a blocked user connects to your addon. Install Extension Install for Firefox Install for Chrome Install for Edge For more technically versed users, you can opt to run a standalone Snowflake proxy on your desktop or server. See our command-line guide. View guide You can also embed this widget on your own website so visitors can spin up their own Snowflakes by opening your website and keeping the tab open. copied to clipboard Copy Code Frequently asked questions We’ve compiled answers to some of our most frequently asked questions. If you need additional assistance or more personalized support, please don’t hesitate to contact us through one of our support channels. Get Support What’s Snowflake? Snowflake allows you to connect to the Tor network in places where Tor is blocked by routing your connection through volunteer proxies located in uncensored countries. Similar to VPNs, which help users bypass Internet censorship, Snowflake disguises your Internet activity as though you’re making a video or voice call, making you less detectable to Internet censors. How does Snowflake work? Snowflake uses a technology called WebRTC, which is commonly employed by videoconferencing software. This helps mask your use of Tor from censors by making it appear as though you’re on a audio or video call instead. Snowflake is a relatively new circumvention technology, part of the Pluggable Transports family, that is continuously being improved. Pluggable Transports disguise a Tor bridges’ traffic by making it look like a regular connection rather than a Tor connection, adding another layer of obfuscation. The disguise is intended to “deceive” censors by making Internet traffic appear as ordinary as a videocall (Snowflake), a connection to Microsoft (meek-azure), a standard HTTPS connect (WebTunnel). It therefore becomes costly for censors to consider blocking such circumvention tools since it would require blocking large parts of the Internet in order to achieve the initial targeted goal. Curious to learn more about its architecture? Feel free to check this technical overview (in English). If you're interested in making use of Snowflake inside your application, get in touch with anti-censorship team. Can I circumvent censorship using the browser addon? No. If you want to circumvent censorship, you need to download a Tor-powered app such as Tor Browser or Orbot and select Snowflake on the app’s settings. By using Tor-powered apps and enabling Snowflake, your connection will be routed through a volunteer. The browser add-on, on the other hand, is designed for people who want to support others in circumventing internet censorship.