ONIONCIRCUITS(1)

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version 0.8.2 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 ONIONCIRCUITS 🌸

okay bestie, sit down, we're talking about onioncircuits from section 1 (User Commands) of the manual. it's giving ✨network transparency✨ and honestly? iconic.

💖 NAME 💖

onioncircuits — display Tor circuits and streams 🧅🌈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this is a GTK+ application, right? and what it does is display Tor circuits and streams. no cap. it lets you, the user, inspect the circuits that your locally running Tor daemon has built, plus some extra little metadata crumbs for each node. it's like a lil x-ray for your onion routing 🔥

it's intended as a successor to Vidalia, which is currently unmaintained. so like, passing the torch, literally 💅

✨ Usage ✨

onioncircuits [OPTION???]
the ??? is genuinely in there. live your truth, bestie 🙈

🎀 Help Options 🎀

  • -h, --help — shows you the help options. classic. the friend who tells you where the bathroom is.
  • --help-all — shows all the help options. the overachiever edition 👑
  • --help-gapplication — shows the GApplication options specifically 🫶
  • --help-gtk — shows the GTK+ Options specifically 🌸

⭐ Application Options ⭐

  • --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use. that's the one. that's the whole list. periodt.

👑 GROUP MEMBERSHIP 👑

okay this part matters so listen up: this tool requires the user running it to be in the debian-tor group. why? because it needs to access the Tor control socket at /var/run/tor/control 💀 no group, no socket, no circuits. it's giving exclusive club and you're not on the list unless you're in debian-tor.

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? please report it to the Tails developers team. more info on the whole procedure lives on the Tails web site:

https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/bug_reporting/

they wanna hear from you fr fr 🫶

this tool is developed and maintained by the Tails developers (tails@boum.org) under the GNU General Public License, version 3. slay, and also legally binding 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one came to you from the Tails project, dated January 2026, manual page ONIONCIRCUITS(1) — go inspect some circuits, stay in your group, and drink water 💖✨🦋

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