# Onion Container

> Open links in a dedicated Tor-routed container

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/onion-container](https://chrome-stats.com/d/onion-container)

## Overview

- **ID:** `onion-container`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** neek
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12
- **First published:** 2026-07-08
- **Size:** 55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/onion-container/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/neekt/onion-container](https://github.com/neekt/onion-container)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/onion-container/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/onion-container/privacy/)

## Description

A Firefox extension that lets you open links in a container where all traffic is routed via Tor. Potentially useful for avoiding things like geoblocking and IP-based rate limiting.

Requires Tor Browser or a standalone Tor daemon to be running in the background.

Please note that this is NOT a privacy or anonymity tool. If you need privacy and/or anonymity, use <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/375473088cafa21578271d628b966a81fd36747ebeb42033a37fca2036d287a2/https%3A//www.torproject.org/download/" rel="nofollow">Tor Browser</a>.

This extension is open source, released under the GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3; code available here: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e4e0403e7003908f0f3a81655ada4b4df5f6e6f6cbd59410b5dda79ab86e5380/https%3A//github.com/neekt/onion-container" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/neekt/onion-container</a>) and is in no way affiliated with the Tor Project.

## Rankings

- #51,116 — Overall
- #108 — contain

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `tabs`
- `proxy`
- `storage`
- `browsingData`
- `notifications`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `alarms`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/onion-container)