# Stem Docs

## Tor Process

Helper functions for working with tor as a process.

NO_TORRC:

  when provided as a torrc_path tor is ran with a blank configuration

DEFAULT_INIT_TIMEOUT:

  number of seconds before we time out our attempt to start a tor instance

Module Overview:

    launch_tor             - starts up a tor process
    launch_tor_with_config - starts a tor process with a custom torrc