Clone a default TOR browser instance to allow the clones to be ran as multiple TOR Browser instances with different IPs. If you want the same effect without the Browser, head over https://github.com/lethak-docker/tor-clients

tbb_clone.sh

#!/bin/bash

# HOWTO MAKE IT WORK ?
#
# Required for windows user: you may want to have linux friendly shell already installed (Git-Bash is doing a fine job and easy to install)
# Then,
# Go to Tor Browser install directory ex: "C:\Programs\Tor Browser"
# Create and or copy this script there under the name "tbb_clone.sh" (name and path not important if you know what you are doing)
# Run the script ex: "bash ./tbb_clone.sh -n 4 -p ./Browser"
# This will create 4 copies of the "Browser" folder named "TBB1" to "TBB4"
# In each instance, start firefox.exe and test your ips ! http://ip-check.info
# Enjoy; thanks to https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/2006/how-to-run-multiple-tor-browsers-with-different-ips/6401#6401
usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [-n <number of copies>] [-p <path to default TBB>]" 1>&2; exit 1; }

print_userjs(){
  local socksport=${1}
  local controlport=${2}
  local dest=${3}
  echo "user_pref(\"extensions.torlauncher.control_port\",$controlport);" > $dest
  #echo "user_pref(\"extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_port\",$socksport);" >> $dest
  #echo "user_pref(\"extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_host\",\"127.0.0.1\");" >> $dest
  #echo "user_pref(\"extensions.torbutton.proxies_applied\",false);" >> $dest
  #echo "user_pref(\"extensions.torbutton.use_privoxy\",false);" >> $dest
  echo "user_pref(\"network.proxy.socks_port\",$socksport);" >> $dest
  echo "user_pref(\"network.proxy.socks\",\"127.0.0.1\");" >> $dest
}

while getopts ":n:p:" o; do
  case "${o}" in
    n)
      n=${OPTARG}
      ;;
    p)
      p=${OPTARG}
      ;;
    *)
      usage
      exit 0
     ;;
  esac
done
if [ -z "$n" ] || [ -z "$p" ];
then
  usage
  exit 0
fi
for i in `seq 1 $n`;
do
  MAXCIRCUITDIRTINESS=86400
  CONTROL_PORT=$((9151+$i*2))
  SOCKS_PORT=$((9150+$i*2)) 
  echo "$i) Copying $p to TBB$i"
  cp -r $p TBB$i
  echo "$i) Creating user.js with SocksPort $SOCKS_PORT and ControlPort $CONTROL_PORT"
  print_userjs $SOCKS_PORT $CONTROL_PORT "./TBB$i/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/user.js"
  echo "$i) Modifying torrc-default"
  TORRC="./TBB$i/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults"
  sed -i "s/SocksPort 9150/SocksPort $SOCKS_PORT/g" $TORRC 
  sed -i "s/ControlPort 9151/ControlPort $CONTROL_PORT/g" $TORRC
  sed -i "s/MaxCircuitDirtiness 600/ControlPort $MAXCIRCUITDIRTINESS/g" $TORRC
done

What part of the script could be changed to run more instances? For example, 10?

bash ./tbb_clone.sh -n 10 -p ./Browser

"n" is the number of browser instance you want to create

Thanks. Appreciate it. Will look at it when I get back from work.

I am newbie, does it run on windows?
I try to run and it is said that "syntax error near unexpected token `$'{\r''"
Please help
Thank you in advance.

this is a bash script, the only way to make it run on windows is to run it from a bash-enabled terminal.
Try to install "git bash" embedded with "git for windows", should be easy even for a newbie.

Have you read line 5 ? first rule of learning: RTFM

Thank you very muchhhhh!

Sorry to say its not working on windows. When tried to open multiple tor instances, error shows up after the first instance.

I installed gitbash, successfully created the TBB folders with modified torrc, but multiple parallel tor instances aren't opening up.

Sorry to say its not working on windows.

Hi, to be frank its been awhile since this was made and maybe tor browser is not working the same way now ?

I've just updated to TB v10.0.7 (32-bit) and it seems to be still working fine (Win 10)

Also, make sure you follow this

In each instance, start firefox.exe

and not launching the same firefox.exe multiple times.

so you must start

• TBB1/firefox.exe
• TBB2/firefox.exe
• ...

also could be a problem with the ports

CONTROL_PORT=$((9151+$i2))
SOCKS_PORT=$((9150+$i2))

make sure this range is available on your machine or change those values

Hi bro
here is a problem which I can't understand. I did everything you said on windows, yet when I run the bash script nothing happens. no browser comes up. can you help me?