veggiedefender/torrent-client

Tiny BitTorrent client written in Go

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updated Aug 6, 2024

blog.jse.li/posts/torrent

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README

torrent-client

Tiny BitTorrent client written in Go. Read the blog post: https://blog.jse.li/posts/torrent/

Install

go get github.com/veggiedefender/torrent-client

Usage

Try downloading Debian!

torrent-client debian-10.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent debian.iso

Limitations

Only supports .torrent files (no magnet links)
Only supports HTTP trackers
Does not support multi-file torrents
Strictly leeches (does not support uploading pieces)

bittorrent

bittorrent-client

golang

Project health

Overall

2.1/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

1/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Dmitri Shuralyov

2,541 followers · starred Jan 2020

Bret Comnes

715 followers · starred Feb 2025

Damien Mathieu

373 followers · starred Jan 2020

Andrew Starr-Bochicchio

285 followers · starred Jan 2020

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