# Welcome to Onion Mobile Devs!

Tor, a [free and open-source software](https://guide.onionmobile.dev/the-history-of-tor) for enabling anonymous communication, routes Internet traffic through a worldwide, volunteer overlay network, consisting of thousands of relays, to conceal a user's location and usage from network surveillance or traffic analysis. By integrating [Tor into your mobile app](https://guide.onionmobile.dev/mobile-concepts/mobile-apps-with-tor), you provide your users with the ability to [maintain privacy and evade censorship](https://guide.onionmobile.dev/the-tor-protocol).

By the end of this guide, you will have a thorough understanding of how to [integrate Tor into a mobile application](https://guide.onionmobile.dev/mobile-concepts/all-the-ways-to-tor), aligning with the best practices of open-source development and contributing to the broader goal of [promoting online privacy and freedom](https://guide.onionmobile.dev/the-history-of-tor).

<figure><img src="https://1890008965-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnezpjmIxiYlVy5D3vvTW%2Fuploads%2FRpnRes97Nz134PllKTAq%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=093f0198-0057-476c-8bce-75c9de9a182c" alt=""><figcaption><p>Classic Orbot user interface.... the original Tor on Mobile app!</p></figcaption></figure>


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