Show HN: TorServ – Zero-config static web server over Tor hidden services

Hi HN,

I’ve been working on a side project called torserv and figured I’d share it now that it’s live on GitHub.

TorServ is a zero-config static web server that automatically launches as a Tor hidden service. It’s written in Go, bundled with Tor, and designed to be unzip-and-run — no setup, no clearnet exposure, no surprises.

I was surprised there wasn’t already a privacy-hardened static web server for hidden services. Most people have to wrangle Apache or Nginx with heavy config, which is risky and complex for non-experts.

TorServ is meant for censorship-resistant publishing, quick anonymous drops, or low-footprint Pi/sneakernet scenarios. It only binds to localhost and has hardened defaults out of the box.

Highlights: - No clearnet, no external connections - Runs on 127.0.0.1 only - No logs, no analytics - EXIF/PDF metadata scrubbing - Multilingual default index with usage tips - Optional --new-key flag to rotate onion address - Cross-platform: Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi

Project: https://github.com/torserv/torserv

Still early days — would love feedback, audits, ideas. Thanks for checking it out, and big respect to the Tor devs who make projects like this possible.