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Section: Unix

 

Added: Wed, Jul 4th 2001 14:41 UTC (7 years, 0 months ago) Updated: Fri, May 5th 2006 07:36 UTC (2 years, 2 months ago)


Screenshot About:
BitTorrent is a tool for copying files from one machine to another. FTP punishes sites for being popular. Since all uploading is done from one place, a popular site needs big iron and big bandwidth. With BitTorrent, clients automatically mirror files they download, making the publisher's burden almost nothing.

Author:
Bram Cohen [contact developer]

Rating:
8.44/10.00 (52 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.bittorrent.com/
Tar/GZ:
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/?M=D
RPM package:
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/?M=D
Debian package:
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/?M=D
OS X package:
http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/?M=D

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status]  5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]  Console (Text Based), Plugins
[Intended Audience]  End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]  OSI Approved, OSI Approved :: MIT/X Consortium License, Public Domain
[Operating System]  MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, OS Independent, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]  Python
[Topic]  Communications :: File Sharing, System :: Software Distribution

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 
Project admins: [change]
» Bram Cohen (Owner)

» Rating: 8.44/10.00 (Rank 307)
» Vitality: 0.03% (Rank 2532)
» Popularity: 17.61% (Rank 65)

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   Record hits: 252,540
   URL hits: 180,664
   Subscribers: 271

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 Branches

Branch Version Last release License URLs
Default 4.4.0 01-Feb-2006 OSI Approved Homepage Tar/GZ
Beta 4.9.2 05-May-2006 OSI Approved Homepage Tar/GZ

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 Comments

[»] Download source code for BitTorrent Client
by arun - Jan 28th 2008 14:06:56

Hi,
I wish to start a bit torrent client as part of my project. Can you please give me a start up on it. If there is any source code written in c++, request you to please let me know so that i can learn.
Thanks,
Arun.

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[»] bad leadership
by bambo - Jun 24th 2006 10:47:38

development for linux and windows is constant, but have to wait forever to get a new version for macs, yet they have the nerve to place a flagrant donation advertisement on the application, especially now since they are a funded company.

also, their support sucks, since they only have a mailing address, not a mailing list that the public can see. so we can't see the bugs, and who would want to contribute.

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[»] Developer question about the protocol
by kibeles - Jan 25th 2005 07:36:30

Hi, I am programming a bittorrent client as a Perl learning project. It is capable of reading the tracker's response, prepare everything and start connecting to clients. However I have a question: I can understand what 'request' messages are for but what are 'piece' messages and what are they used for?

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    [»] Re: Developer question about the protocol
    by kibeles - Jan 28th 2005 01:06:45


    > Hi, I am programming a bittorrent client

    > as a Perl learning project. It is

    Allright, I figured that out

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    [»] Re: Developer question about the protocol
    by kibeles - Feb 9th 2005 03:24:36


    > Hi, I am programming a bittorrent client

    > as a Perl learning project. It is

    > capable of reading the tracker's

    > response, prepare everything and start

    > connecting to clients. However I have a

    > question: I can understand what

    > 'request' messages are for but what are

    > 'piece' messages and what are they used

    > for?

    It's somewhat finished now. If anyone wants the code just ask me. Remember this was a Perl learning project. It is fully functional but rough. Areas that need improving are: re-requesting/canceling of pieces, choking algorithm, taking out two or three hard-wired constants and probably many more things. The program is completely non-interactive; you stop it by typing CTRL+C. If there is any Perl hacker out there maybe I could use some help with questions that have arisen through development. Anyway I'm redoing it in C.

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[»] Finding files to download
by Michael T. Babcock - Aug 26th 2004 17:41:43

The Fedora homepage has DVDs and CD ISOs for download via BitTorrent, torrent.youceff.com has movies, games, tv shows, etc. and there are lots of other sites as well.

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[»] Still no proxy support?
by Greffin - May 13th 2004 00:29:56

Will there be a version wich supports proxy authorization?
Right now, the torrent files I've downloaded returns:
"Download error: Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP error 407: Proxy authorization required"

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[»] BitTorrent-3.4.1-1.noarch.rpm
by none - Mar 13th 2004 05:07:27

BitTorrent-3.4.1-1.noarch.rpm.torrent

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[»] Apt repository for SuSE
by loki - Mar 11th 2004 23:37:29

I've made RPM packages of BitTorrent (3.4.1 as of writing).
They're on my website: http://guru.unixtech.be/rpm/packages/Network/bittorrent/

I also maintain an APT (4rpm) repository - basic info provided on the front page.

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[»] BitTorrent tutorial for Unix (in Swedish)
by Blenda - Feb 27th 2004 10:51:41

I maintain a tutorial on BitTorrent for Unix (written in Swedish).

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[»] BitTorrent through proxy
by Greffin - Nov 25th 2003 04:12:03

The bittorrent tracker returns error code 407 if client is behind a proxy. Proxy authorisation required. Why not fetch this information from standard browser configuration? Or current internet settings?

If none of these are applicable, a dialog asking for user and passcode for proxy would be in order.

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[»] installation
by Dennis Daniels - Apr 9th 2003 10:48:09

the install seems geared towards MS users... a get-apt or synaptic installer for BitTorrent would be very nice

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    [»] Re: installation
    by Bram Cohen - Apr 9th 2003 11:18:44

    You can already get it under debian unstable using apt-get install bittorrent

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      [»] Re: installation
      by John Gillespie - Nov 4th 2003 13:04:18


      > You can already get it under debian
      > unstable using apt-get install
      > bittorrent

      the configure script is bugged.

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    [»] Re: installation
    by Blenda - May 24th 2004 06:44:51


    > the install seems geared towards MS
    > users... a get-apt or synaptic installer
    > for BitTorrent would be very nice
    There is a BitTorrent Debian package at backports.org.

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