Nyx for Windows

The three main files in this repo, starter.py, header.py, and tracker.py, can be used to patch and get the pip version of Nyx 2.1.0 (A monitor tool for Tor) to run natively on Windows 11, Windows 10, or Windows 8.

This is done by simply removing the scripts' dependency on the get_uid attribute, and replacing instances of os.uname with platform.uname (Credit: lunaken), in order to run to completion. Not exactly a strategy that expert coders would've used (which I'm probably not), but it works in this case.

Prerequisites

• Python 3 downloaded from https://www.python.org/downloads/ (I've tested with Python 3.9. Using the Microsoft Store versions has not yet been tested, since folder filepaths used by Microsoft Store apps tend to change often.)
• An up-to-date version of pip or pip3 within Python 3
• (Optional but recommended) Voidtools Everything to quickly find file locations

My procedure in-so-far as I can remember it

1. In accordance with https://nyx.torproject.org/#download, open PowerShell and run pip install nyx
2. Once it has been installed, run nyx
3. If you encounter the error ImportError: No module named '_curses': Install windows-curses with pip install windows-curses. (Credit: Bruno Ranieri)
4. If you encounter an error about not being able to find control_auth_cookie: My understanding is that this can occur if Tor has been placed in C:\Program Files, since Tor on Windows lacks admin rights and will save new files to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore instead. This can be fixed by pointing to the file's actual location in torrc with CookieAuthFile ______________\Data\control_auth_cookie
5. If you receive an error about get_uid: Right-click on header.py, choose Save As..., and overwrite the default header.py file. In my case with Python 3.9, it was in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\nyx\panel\header.py
6. If you receive an error about uname: Right-click on starter.py, choose Save as..., and overwrite the default starter.py file. In my case with Python 3.9, it was in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\nyx\starter.py
7. If the "Graph / Log" page gets clogged with [NYX_Warning] Event listener raised an uncaught exception (module 'os' has no attribute 'uname'): BW x x every 1-2 seconds: Right-click on tracker.py, choose Save as..., and overwrite the default tracker.py file. In my case with Python 3.9, it was in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\nyx\tracker.py

Known issues

None as of 9th of February 2022.