Online
· last check 29/09 06:00 ENIndexed on 29/09/2026
Dark.fail is a monitoring service that checks the availability and online status of .onion sites on the Tor network. It provides real-time updates on whether specific Tor sites are currently operational and offers security tools including PGP verification to help users avoid phishing and confirm authentic .onion addresses and cryptocurrency addresses. The service maintains social media channels for alerts about law enforcement actions and site seizures affecting the Tor ecosystem.
Extract
dark.fail: Is a .onion site online? Updated Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:12:13 UTC Mastodon | X (Twitter) ALERT: Archetyp Market was seized by German law enforcement. Follow our Mastodon and X for ongoing converage. PGP: Verify signatures with Dark.fail's new PGP Tool . Don't get phished. Always PGP verify .onion and Bitcoin addresses before interacting with them. Tor is the uncensored internet. Install To
Quality score
60% High quality
1 inbound links
1 page indexed
100% availability
How the score is calculated
The score is a 0-100 value measuring the overall quality of the indexed site.
60%
Category relevance22%
How many of the category keywords appear in the content
Content22%
Amount of meaningful text on the page
Internal links18%
Internal navigation structure of the site
Trust (clearnet mirror)15%
Whether the site also runs a matching clearnet version, a marker of legitimacy
Availability13%
Uptime success rate in the crawler checks
Inbound links10%
How many other indexed .onion sites point here
The score is recalculated on every crawl. A penalty is applied when keyword spam is detected in the content. Sites indexed but not yet fully crawled show as "Not rated yet" rather than a low score.