Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software

The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.

Tracker	Programming Language	License	Operating System Support	Description
MLDonkey	OCaml	GPL	Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS	Has a built-in tracker and announcement service
MonoTorrent	C#	MIT	Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like	Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET)
Opentracker	C	Beerware	Unix-like (source code only)	Uses libowfat, performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS.
PeerTracker	PHP	GPL	Web application	Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, MySQL and soon PostgreSQL for storage.
μTorrent	C++	Freeware	Windows, OS X, Linux, Android	Does not have a list of hosted torrents.
qBittorrent	C++	GPL	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	Java	Disputed	Windows, Mac OS, Linux	Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
XBT Tracker	C++	GPL	Windows, Linux	Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker

External links

• http://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentApplications