Best of Two Worlds: Accessing I2P and Tor (and clearnet) seamlessly with Orchid

Have you ever wanted to access surface web, deep web and dark web seamlessly, with no hassle? It is now possible with I2P and Orchid.

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I2P has excellent plugin support, and there are many plugins. One of them is Orchid plugin.

Orchid is a client-only Tor implementation written in Java, now maintained by yours truly. With I2P Orchid plugin based on it, you can access not only I2P eepsites but also Tor’s Hidden Services (*.onion) and the usual clearnet websites (*.com, *.org, *.net, etc.), anonymously.

What you need to do is:

1. Install and set up I2P
2. Install and set up I2P Orchid plugin
3. Change your web browser’s proxy settings

1 is not covered in this article. If you do not know what I2P is or how to set up it, please read my previous one.

Note that older versions of I2P might have some problem on loading plugins, so I strongly recommend installing I2P 0.9.38 or later. Also, you need the latest Orchid plugin (1.2.2–0.4-b1 or later).

How to install I2P Plugins

Installing I2P plugins is quite easy. Run I2P, open http://localhost:7657/configplugins with your web browser, or…