Software:Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
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The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.
| Tracker | Programming Language | License | IPv4 | IPv6 | Operating System Support | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLDonkey[1] | OCaml | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS | Has a built-in tracker and announcement service | |
| MonoTorrent[2] | C# | MIT | Yes | Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like | Uses Mono or .NET Core for cross-platform support (.NET) | |
| Opentracker[3] | C | Beerware | Yes | Yes (IPv4 and IPv6 have separate binaries and processes that do not share any information between them. If a client communicates to the tracker over IPv6, it will only receive IPv6 addresses in the response.) | Unix-like (source code only) | Uses libowfat,[4] performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. Supports only a compact peer list. |
| PeerTracker[5] | PHP | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes | Web application | Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, and MySQL for storage. | |
| μTorrent[6] | C++ | Freeware | Yes | Windows, OS X, Linux, Android | Does not have a list of hosted torrents. | |
| qBittorrent[7] | C++ | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | Yes[8] | Windows, OS X, Unix-like, OS/2 | Lightweight. Supports DHT, PEX, announcements via UDP. Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application. |
| Vuze[9] | Java | Disputed | Yes | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker. | |
| Torrust-Tracker[10] | Rust | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Yes | Yes | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Open source tracker and indexer. |
| Torrust-Actix[11] | Rust | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Open source tracker server, very light in resources and stable. |
References
- ↑ "BT-default tracker". http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/BT-default_tracker.
- ↑ "MonoTorrent". February 2, 2022. https://github.com/alanmcgovern/monotorrent.
- ↑ erdgeist. "opentracker". http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker/.
- ↑ "libowfat". http://www.fefe.de/libowfat/.
- ↑ "latest known svn revision of the trigunflame peertracker, which is a lightweight PHP/SQL BitTorrent Tracker: JonnyJD/peertracker". March 21, 2019. https://github.com/JonnyJD/peertracker.
- ↑ "Features - FAQ - µTorrent - the Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090513020931/http://www.utorrent.com/faq/features. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
- ↑ "qBittorrent official website". http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/.
- ↑ "qBittorrent needs to listen on IPv6 interfaces by default #11632". 2019-12-12. https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/11632.
- ↑ "Azureus, now called Vuze : Java BitTorrent client - FAQ". http://azureus.sourceforge.net/faq.php#17.
- ↑ "Torrust". https://github.com/torrust/torrust-tracker.
- ↑ "Torrust-Actix". https://github.com/Power2All/torrust-actix.
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