# chihaya/chihaya

A customizable, multi-protocol BitTorrent Tracker

Repository: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chihaya
Homepage: https://chihaya.io
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: bittorrent, bittorrent-tracker, high-performance, ipv6-support
Last push: 2026-08-01T08:32:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4992, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1503, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.558093+00:00)

## What it is
Chihaya is a customizable, high-performance BitTorrent tracker written in Go that supports both HTTP and UDP announce protocols with IPv4 and IPv6. It features a pluggable middleware architecture, Prometheus metrics, Redis-backed high availability, and Kubernetes deployment via Helm.

## Use cases
- run a self-hosted bittorrent tracker for peer-to-peer file distribution
- track peers for a private torrent community
- enable p2p cloud software deployments
- deploy a scalable tracker on kubernetes with helm
- monitor tracker traffic with prometheus metrics
- support ipv6 bittorrent clients

## When to choose
- you need a production-grade tracker with middleware hooks for custom logic
- you want high availability via redis and kubernetes deployment
- you need both http and udp tracker protocols with ipv6 support

## When to avoid
- you need a full torrent client or indexer rather than just a tracker
- you want a simple tracker without needing go tooling or configuration
- you need dht or peer exchange support

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, middleware, monitoring, caching
- domain: networking, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: bittorrent, tracker, udp-tracker, http-tracker, ipv6, prometheus-metrics, redis, helm, high-performance, p2p, linux, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- chihaya/chihaya (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.558093+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:47.867308+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.558093+00:00, sha 5f891f8252df)
  - homepage: https://chihaya.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:31.218141+00:00, sha 495e92cb6ba5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.