| libtorrent | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Arvid Norberg |
| Latest release | 0. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 13 / April 6, 2008 |
| OS | Multi-platform |
| Genre | BitTorrent library |
| License | BSD |
| Website | www.rasterbar.com/products/libtorrent/ |
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Note that this library is not the same as Rakshasa's libTorrent which powers rTorrent. rTorrent is a Text-based Ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the libTorrent libraries for UNIX (which This library is also known as Rasterbar libtorrent or rb-libtorrent.
Features
- Mainline DHT support (trackerless torrents)
- IPv6 support
- Peer exchange
- metadata exchange
- Encryption
- FAST extensions
- NAT-PMP and UPnP port mapping
- Sparse files and compact file allocation support
- Local peer discovery support
- Metadata transfer (downloads . NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP is an Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Draft, introduced by Apple Computer as an alternative to the more common torrent files from the swarm)
- Multitracker extension support
- Supports files > 2 gigabytes
- HTTP seed support
- UDP tracker support
- no_peer_id and compact tracker extension support
- Fast resume (to avoid initial file checks)
- Dynamic request queue size
- IP filter support
Applications
Some applications that use libtorrent:
- Artic BitTorrent - Windows BitTorrent client
- BitBuddy - Windows BitTorrent client
- BitRocket - Mac OS X BitTorrent client
- BitSlug - Mac OS X BitTorrent client
- BTG - Linux BitTorrent client
- Deluge - cross-platform BitTorrent client
- Electric sheep screen saver - BitTorrent client for screensaver
- Free Download Manager - Windows open source download manager
- FatRat - Linux Qt 4-based download/upload manager
- Halite - Windows BitTorrent client
- hrktorrent - Linux BitTorrent client
- Instant media internet TV - BitTorrent client for downloading Internet TV
- LeechCraft — C++ / Qt4 cross-platform multiprotocol performance-concerned client
- Linkage - Linux BitTorrent client
- Miro - A cross-platform Internet television application
- MooPolice - Windows BitTorrent client
- qBittorrent - C++ / Qt4 BitTorrent client
- SharkTorrent - Qt4 cross-platform BitTorrent client
- Ziptorrent - Windows BitTorrent client
External links
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