Can we self-host a network like tor with tor source code?

Question

Can we use tor source code for running a network like tor ?

Answer 1

Yes, tor is licensed under a 3-clause BSD license. That means that you can do what you want with it including selling it as long as you follow the terms of the license. Here is a guide to setting up your own tor network.

Answer 2

yes, and there're a lot of scripts in launching it in Docker'ed environment. No problems here: even the Directories are using the very same code base, just custom torrc configs