Ghost — Onion Search

Ghost is a privacy-first Tor onion search aggregator for Android. It queries 13 public onion search engines in parallel, deduplicates and ranks the results, and opens links externally in Tor Browser.

KEY FEATURES

• 13 onion search engines queried in parallel

• RAM-only session — no queries, results, or history written to disk

• Three purge triggers: panic wipe, screen lock, app exit

• VPN gate — non-dismissible, blocks queries unless Orbot VPN is active

• Tor SOCKS5 transport with remote DNS via Tor

• FLAG_SECURE — blocks screenshots and recents thumbnails

• No backend, no telemetry, no accounts, no ads

• Stop button to cancel running searches

• Consent gate with 18+ verification, shown every session

• External link handoff to Tor Browser

PRIVACY

No data collected, stored, or transmitted to any server. Queries and results exist only in RAM during the active session. Only three non-sensitive preferences persist across sessions: engine selection, snippet filter, VPN requirement.

The app never renders remote HTML. Links open externally in Tor Browser via intent. Screenshots and recent-app previews are blocked.

REQUIREMENTS

• Android 7.0+ (API 24)

• Orbot in VPN mode (for Tor transport)

• Tor Browser for Android (for opening result links)

HOW IT WORKS