Directory — Search engine

Torch

Torch is an old, large Tor crawler. Public directories date it to 2013 and cite a million-plus page index with almost no filtering. This is an editorial profile, not a live crawl.

Torch

Large Tor index

One of the oldest Tor crawlers; large unfiltered index.

xmh57jrknzkhv6y3ls3ubitzfqnkrwxhopf5aygthi7d6rplyvk3noyd.onion

Directory facts

Type in our file: Search engine
Catalog status: Listed — not a live-availability check
Clearnet in our file: torchsearch.net/
.onion on file: xmh57jrknzkhv6y3ls3ubitzfqnkrwxhopf5aygthi7d6rplyvk3noyd.onion

About Torch

Public directories describe Torch as one of the oldest Tor search engines, running since 2013, claiming over a million .onion pages, with minimal filtering and frequent phishing, dead, and malicious hits.

ExpressVPN calls it the best-known dark web search engine, with a Google-like UI and daily crawls, and warns that it does not filter sites. In The Hidden Wiki repeats the ~1.1 million page claim.

BeEncrypted also treats Torch as unfiltered and aimed at experienced users. The onion we store matches public listings.

Reported public features

Reported since 2013; large unfiltered index (ExpressVPN, public directories).
In The Hidden Wiki: about 1.1 million pages claimed.
Clearnet hostname in our file: torchsearch.net.

What this page does not claim

Unfiltered search is high-phishing. Do not treat a Torch hit as a verified market or mail onion.
Public directories list TorDex as related infrastructure with the same caution.

Public sources

This profile is compiled from open, publicly available internet sources. We use those pages as background, not as partners, and a published mention is not a live check of the service.

How TorBible records Torch

The .onion string, if present, is the address already in our directory file. Prose on this page is compiled from open public internet sources and is worded as reported when we have not verified it in-house. See phishing detection and Tor search engines.