Vidalia is a discontinued cross-platform

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for controlling Tor, built using Qt. The name comes from the Vidalia onion since Tor uses

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. It allows the user to start, stop or view the status of Tor, view, filter or search log messages, monitor bandwidth usage, and configure some aspects of Tor. Vidalia also makes it easier to contribute to the Tor network by optionally helping the user set up a Tor relay. Another prominent feature of Vidalia is its Tor network map, which lets the user see the geographic location of relays on the Tor network, as well as where the user's application traffic is going. Vidalia is released under the

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. It runs on any platform supported by Qt 4.2, including

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, and

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or other

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variants using the X11 window system. Vidalia is no longer maintained or supported, and Tor developers do not recommend its use anymore. In 2013 it was replaced with a

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-based Tor controller called Tor Launcher. Vidalia control panel

References

Internet privacy software Tor (anonymity network) Internet Protocol based network software Software that uses Qt Free software programmed in C++ {{Tor-network-stub

See also

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