Stem is a Python controller library for `Tor <https://www.torproject.org/>`_. With it you can use Tor's `control protocol <https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/control-spec.txt>`_ to script against the Tor process, or build things such as `Nyx <https://nyx.torproject.org/>`_. Stem's latest version is **1.8.1** (released September, 2022).