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 |
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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". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ^ "MonoTorrent". February 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022 – via GitHub.
- ^ erdgeist. "opentracker". erdgeist.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "libowfat". fefe.de. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "latest known svn revision of the trigunflame peertracker, which is a lightweight PHP/SQL BitTorrent Tracker: JonnyJD/peertracker". March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via GitHub.
- ^ "Features - FAQ - µTorrent - the Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
- ^ "qBittorrent official website". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "qBittorrent needs to listen on IPv6 interfaces by default #11632". GitHub. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Azureus, now called Vuze : Java BitTorrent client - FAQ". Archived from the original on 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Torrust". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ "Torrust-Actix". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.