| ▲ | vivzkestrel 3 days ago |
| - how did you start
- did you refer to other projects
- how long did it take
- how much functionality do you think works compared to say qbittorrent? |
|
| ▲ | dahrkael 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| I started because I needed a tracker for another project but the tracker turned to be more fun to make.
I did glance over other trackers code but their code tends to be either overly complex or too simple so not very useful.
So far its been 3 months of revenge bedtime procrastination.
While this is not a client like qbittorrent I have ideas for a seedbox-oriented client project in the future. |
|
| ▲ | lionkor 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| it's a tracker, not a torrenting client. |
| |
| ▲ | NooneAtAll3 3 days ago | parent [-] | | what does tracker mean? | | |
| ▲ | devoutsalsa 3 days ago | parent [-] | | A torrent tracker is basically the world’s most antisocial matchmaking service that knows who has what files but refuses to actually store anything itself, like that friend who always knows where the party is but never hosts one. When your BitTorrent client asks “hey who’s got that Linux ISO,” the tracker dumps a list of IP addresses faster than a startup pivoting after their Series A falls through. Your client then connects to these strangers (seeders with complete files and leechers still downloading) and starts exchanging data while the tracker pretends nothing happened. It’s like Tinder but for file sharing, except everyone’s anonymous and probably downloading something weird at 3am. | | |
| ▲ | vjerancrnjak 3 days ago | parent [-] | | not anonymous at all, while interacting with the tracker can be done with https, all of the communication between peers is unencrypted. | | |
| ▲ | immibis 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | There's an optional encryption extension, with no BEP because the BitTorrent company (which issues BEPs) is ideologically opposed to encryption. | |
| ▲ | memoryuns4f3fff 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
|
|
|
|
