What is Piratepack?

Piratepack is a Gentoo package overlay (ebuilds) that brings the Pirate Linux feature set — Tor, I2P, Bitcoin, hardened Firefox, and related privacy tools — to your existing Gentoo Linux installation.

Installation

Add the Piratepack overlay
root# layman -a piratepack root# emerge --sync root# emerge piratepack

Included Packages

  • net-misc/tor — Tor daemon and browser bundle
  • net-p2p/i2p — I2P anonymous network router
  • net-p2p/bitcoin-core — Bitcoin wallet
  • www-client/firefox-pirate — Hardened Firefox profile
  • net-misc/cwallet — Lightweight crypto wallet

Configuration

After installation, run the Piratepack setup script to configure each component according to your privacy preferences:

Configure Piratepack
$ piratepack-setup Welcome to Piratepack configuration. [1] Configure Tor [2] Configure I2P [3] Configure Bitcoin [4] Configure Firefox [5] Configure all >