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 | 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 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 | 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++ | GPLv2 | Yes | 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[8] | Java | Disputed | Yes | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker. | |
XBT Tracker[9][10] | C++ | GPL | Yes | Windows, Linux | Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker |
References
- ^ "BT-default tracker". sourceforge.net.
- ^ http://www.monotorrent.com
- ^ erdgeist. "opentracker". erdgeist.org.
- ^ "libowfat". fefe.de.
- ^ https://github.com/JonnyJD/peertracker
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
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- ^ http://azureus.sourceforge.net/faq.php#17
- ^ "XBT Tracker". sourceforge.net.
- ^ "xbt - High-performance BitTorrent Tracker - Google Project Hosting". google.com.