rTorrent
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The main information screen for rTorrent and libTorrent (rTorrent v0.9.2)
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| Original author(s) | Jari Sundell (a.k.a. rakshasa) |
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| Developer(s) | Jari Sundell |
| Initial release | 25 January 2005[1] |
| Stable release | rTorrent 0.9.6 / libTorrent 0.13.6 (September 3, 2015) [±][2] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C++[3] |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Size | Linux: 1.3 MiB |
| Type | BitTorrent client |
| License | GNU GPLv2 |
| Website | rakshasa |
rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++,[4] based on the libTorrent libraries for Unix, whose author's goal is "a focus on high performance and good code".[4]
Technical details[edit]
The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transferring data directly between file pages mapped to memory by the mmap() function and the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections, it claims to be able to seed at three times the speed of the official client.[4]
rTorrent packages are available for various Linux distributions and Unix-like systems, and it will compile and run on nearly every POSIX-compliant operating system, such as FreeBSD and OS X.
rTorrent uses ncurses and is suitable for use with screen or Tmux; it uses commands such as Carriage return to load a torrent, after which ^S can be used to start a torrent (where ^ is shorthand for Ctrl key), backspace can be used to automatically start a torrent once it is loaded, making a subsequent issue of ^S unnecessary, ^K for stop, and ^D for pause, or if already paused or stopped, ^D again to delete the torrent.[5] It supports saving of sessions and allows the user to add and remove torrents. It also supports partial downloading of multi-file torrents. In the release of rTorrent-0.7.0 support for BitTorrent protocol encryption was also implemented.[6] PEX, DHT and initial seeding were recently implemented in rTorrent.
rTorrent can be controlled via XML-RPC over SCGI.
ruTorrent is a popular Web-based interface.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Earliest known code import".
- ^ rakshasa (2015-09-03), Release 0.9.6 · rakshasa/rtorrent, GitHub, retrieved 2015-09-04
- ^ rakshasa/rtorrent, GitHub, retrieved 2015-07-14
- ^ a b c The libTorrent and rTorrent Project, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 9 April 2014, retrieved 2007-08-09
- ^ RTorrent User Guide, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 17 February 2014, retrieved 2009-11-25
- ^ LibTorrent 0.11.0 and rTorrent 0.7.0 released, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 2006-12-13
External links[edit]
- Official website
- rTorrent on GitHub
- libTorrent on GitHub
- rTorrent Mailing List at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- Old website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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