rTorrent
rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++,[4] based on the libTorrent (not to be confused with libtorrent) libraries for Unix, whose author's goal is "a focus on high performance and good code".[4]
![]() The main information screen for rTorrent and libTorrent (rTorrent v0.9.2) | |
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 0.9.8 / libTorrent 0.13.8 (July 19, 2019 ) [±][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 |
Technical details
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.
See also
References
- "Earliest known code import".
- rakshasa (19 July 2019), Release RTorrent release version 0.9.8 · rakshasa/rtorrent, GitHub, retrieved 18 August 2019
- rakshasa/rtorrent, GitHub, retrieved 14 July 2015
- The libTorrent and rTorrent Project, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 9 April 2014, retrieved 9 August 2007
- RTorrent User Guide, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 17 February 2014, retrieved 25 November 2009
- LibTorrent 0.11.0 and rTorrent 0.7.0 released, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 13 December 2006
External links
- 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)