[ColanR]

I'm not sure there is a good alternative. Most of the alternatives are built with Java, which (considering tor isn't considered safe with Java enabled) doesn't seem like an improvement.

Is there an alternative that's performant and built with a decent language? Or do the good ones just get snuffed out?

[ragnese]

Java is not the same thing as JavaScript

[core_dumped]

People always say I'm being pedantic when I point that out, but I think it's a really important distinction to make to someone who's not aware, especially in the context of their security.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

There's a line about pedantic meaning "you're right but I don't like it", but Java vs JS isn't even close! They're both OO programming languages in the C-like family with garbage collection, but they have completely different execution models, runtimes, usecases, and implementations; their close naming is a bug.

[zelly]

Java is significantly safer than C which Tor is written in.