# distribyted/distribyted

Torrent client with HTTP, fuse, and WebDAV interfaces. Start exploring your torrent files right away, even zip, rar, or 7zip archive contents!

Repository: https://github.com/distribyted/distribyted
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/distribyted
Homepage: https://distribyted.com
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: torrent, distributed, filesystem, p2p, fuse, fuse-filesystem, go, webdav-server, webdav, http, macos, linux, windows, bittorrent, osxfuse, btfs, distribyted, 7zip, rar, zip
Last push: 2026-04-13T04:38:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 34, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2319, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 228, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1127, forks 52 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:41.474710+00:00)

## What it is
Distribyted is a torrent client written in Go that exposes torrent contents as standard filesystems via FUSE, WebDAV, or HTTP endpoints. It downloads files on demand with random read support using a fixed amount of disk space, and can even seek inside zip, rar, and 7zip archives.

## Use cases
- stream video or audio files directly from a torrent without downloading everything
- explore huge public datasets over torrent and analyze them in Jupyter notebooks
- mount a magnet link as a filesystem and read only the files you need
- play ROM backups directly from a torrent file
- share a dataset with others via a magnet link for instant access

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, bug-free torrent client for everyday downloading
- you require strong Windows or macOS support, which is less tested
- you need a polished web interface

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: http-server, file-system, web-scraping
- domain: files, self-hosted, media
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: torrent-client, fuse, webdav, bittorrent, on-demand-downloading, archive-exploration, p2p, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- distribyted/distribyted (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.474710+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 2026-08-30T06:38:47.253541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/distribyted/distribyted (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.474710+00:00, sha 6d549e4651be)
  - homepage: https://distribyted.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:17.125371+00:00, sha 36c6c3c2e4f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.