Feature Request to add tor's arti library

[git001]

The Idea of this feature request is to be able to use a http/socks proxy directly with tor without any intermediate server like rama/g3proxy as described in How to run tor arti with g3 http proxy

arti have Integrating Arti in three ways page which shows the options the arti developers see for integration.

Instead of using this

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  A[Client] -->|HTTP-protocol| B[g3] -->|SOCKS-Proxy| C[arti] --> D[TOR-Network] --> G[Original Destination]
  E[Client] -->|SOCKS-protocol| C[arti]

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would it be nice to have such an option.

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  A[Client] -->|HTTP-listener| B[rama+arti] --> D[TOR-Network] --> G[Original Destination]
  C[Client] -->|SOCKS-listener| B[rama+arti]

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[GlenDC]

G3 and Rama are both proxies written in Rust but that's where the comparison ends. While I do aim to also have a nice CLI and even Desktop App which handles most use cases of proxies, servers and clients nicely out of the box, it is first and foremost a framework or set of libraries. Where we provide all the building blocks and abstractions where you can use them, but do with it what you want and compose them how you need it.

As such nothing stops you today already to make an app where you use rama's http listener, and socks5 listener and then add your own arti code. Even just using arti (C) over FFI as-is. I imagine that will be pretty quickly to be put together.

To actually support it out of the box we would need to probably create an official rama-arti crate or something which I do not immediately plan or have time for. But that said I do think it could be interesting. In which case there are two options:

1. you can become a sponsor and pay for priority to develop it for you
2. or you can write a first version of it under your own org or name with your own repository that you can name something like rama-x-arti and see how far you get with a crate just focussed on adding arti support.

Or instead of 2 you can also just write your app with directly adding your rust version of arti using primitives of rama where possible and test it like that. You tell me. But we will not add this ourselves to the repo anytime soon without someone writing a first version first or otherwise pay us for it. Not because it is not interesting, but because there are a lot more pressing items, for still a while to go. Money can tip that scale of course.

[git001]

Hi Glen.

Thank you for your fast answer. I will need some time for that.
Should I close the issue and reopen it when I'm ready or maybe anybody else or do you want to keep it open?

[GlenDC]

It can stay open, no worries.
Also feel free to join our Discord :)
And if you do like rama, feel free to be come a sponsor, even as an individual. It helps!