12 versions of OnionShare are listed here, from June 1, 2021 to the current 2.7.1. Each one links to the publisher’s own installer files.
12 versions over 5 years · about 2.2 a year
| Version | Date | Size | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7.1Latest | October 29, 2026 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notes• Bug fix：Prevent freezes (particularly on Windows) due to overloading Tor output to subprocess pipes
• Bug fix：Don't crash when reporting an exception that has no message that otherwise leads to a KeyError
• Bug fix：Call is_authenticated() as a method rather than an attribute.
• Bug fix：Don't compress individual file shares, and ensure they can be resumed (range request issue)
• Bug fix：Don't crash after throwing drag-and-drop Alert dialog on Flatpak, and ensure app can start back up without lock file issue
• Other：Update dependencies |
| 2.7 | October 16, 2026 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notes• Security fix：prevent sharing a single file that is a symlink (to a potentially sensitive file). This would require accidental action by the user or local compromise (which would mean bigger problems than just this). See [GHSA-2pj7-hh2q-hjrh](https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/security/advisories/GHSA-2pj7-hh2q-hjrh)
• New feature：'Download mode' which lets you download a share from another OnionShare, in your OnionShare (instead of via Tor Browser).
• New feature：Webtunnel bridges
• New feature：Ability to set an upload size limit in Receive Mode: either 'per upload' or for the entire runtime of that receive mode service.
• Change：Use UNIX sockets for web server instead of TCP port, on Linux/MacOS.
• Change：use XDG_CACHE_HOME for storing bundled Tor and OnionShare cache data (instead of ~/.config)
• Change：localized strings for various UI buttons, as well as more locale-friendly auto-stop/start date/time fields.
• Bug fix：Prevent exception when attempting to upload to a Receive Mode whose auto-stop timer has triggered but which is still receiving a large file.
• Bug fix：Pressing tab on keyboard scrolls to the + (new tab) button after the last active tab.
• Bug fix：Alert when a chosen Receive Mode folder is not writable
• Bug fix：Moat circumvention settings API was crashing
• Bug fix：Better dark mode detection
• Bug fix：Fixe ZipProgressBar for large file sizes exceeding 32-bit integer limits
• Other：simplify Flatpak PyQt dependency in packaging
• Other：Various dependency updates, including Tor 0.4.9.14, new Tor signing key, etc
• Other：rename meek-azure to just meek per upstream deprecation of the former name
• Other：Make pyproject.toml mostly PEP 621 compliant |
| 2.6.5 | July 28, 2026 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notes## 2.6.5
Dependencies: Updates tor dependencies and other python and web dependencies. |
| 2.6.3 | February 25, 2025 | — | 64-bit MSI |
| 2.6.2 | March 21, 2024 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notesWhat's new:
- Security fix: Removes newlines from History item path
- Security fix: Set a maximum length of 524288 characters for text messages in Receive mode
- Security fix: Allows only specific ASCII characters for usernames and removes control characters
- Security fix: Forcefully disconnect user from chat on disconnect event
- Security fix: Handle username validation excpeptions to prevent silent joining |
| 2.6.1 | February 28, 2024 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notesWhat's new:- Release updates: Automate builds with CI, make just 64-bit Windows release, make a single universal2 release for both Intel and Apple Silicon macOS
- Upgrade dependencies, including Tor, meek, and snowflake
- Bug fix: Restore the primary_action mode settings in a tab after OnionShare reconnects to Tor
- Bug fix: Fix issue with auto-connecting to Tor with persistent tabs open
- Bug fix: Fix packaging issue where Windows version of OnionShare conflicts with Windows version of Dangerzone
- Bug fix: Fix 'Use a bridge' checkbox state change
- Bug fix: Raise error from waitress if not shutdown |
| 2.6 | October 10, 2022 | — | 64-bit MSI32-bit MSI Release notes- Major feature: a new 'Quickstart' screen, which enables toggling on or off an animated automatic connection to Tor.
This allows configuring network settings prior to automatic connection.
- Major feature: Censorship circumvention.
Use new features in the upstream Tor API to try to automatically obtain bridges depending on the user's location.
- New feature: automatically fetch the built-in bridges from the upstream Tor API rather than hardcode them in each release of OnionShare.
- New feature: keyboard shortcuts to access various modes and menus, and accessibility hints
- Bug fix: Temporary Directory for serving the OnionShare web pages was broken on Windows
- Packaging: Packaging is more automated, and Linux Snapcraft releases are available for amd64, arm64, and armhf
- Miscellaneous: Many dependency updates and web page theming improvements |
| 2.5 | January 18, 2022 | — | 64-bit MSI |
| 2.4.0 | September 26, 2021 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notesWhat's new:
* Major feature: Private keys (v3 onion client authentication) replaces passwords and HTTP basic auth
* Updated Tor to 0.4.6.7 on all platforms
* Various bug fixes |
| 2.3.3 | August 20, 2021 | — | 64-bit MSI Release notesWhat's new:
* New feature: Setting for light or dark theme
* Updated Tor to 0.4.6.7 for Linux, 0.4.5.10 for Windows and macOS
* Various bug fixes |
| 2.3.2 | July 2, 2021 | — | 32-bit MSI Release notesWhat's new:
* New feature: Custom titles can be set for OnionShare's various modes
* New feature: Receive mode supports notification webhooks
* New feature: Receive mode supports submitting messages as well as files
* New feature: New ASCII art banner and prettier verbose output
* New feature: Partial support for range requests (pausing and resuming in HTTP)
* Updated Tor to 0.4.5.7
* Updated built-in obfs4 bridges
* Various bug fixes |
| 2.3.1 | June 1, 2021 | — | 32-bit MSI |
