# cjb/GitTorrent

A decentralization of GitHub using BitTorrent and Bitcoin

Repository: https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gittorrent
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-07-29T20:45:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4115, "days_push": 2226, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4756, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:58.910945+00:00)

## What it is
GitTorrent is a peer-to-peer network that shares Git repositories over BitTorrent, acting as a decentralized alternative to GitHub. It integrates with Git via a transport helper so users can clone and serve repos with gittorrent:// URLs, using a DHT for discovery and Bitcoin's blockchain for username registration.

## Use cases
- clone git repositories over a peer-to-peer bittorrent network
- host git repos without a central server like github
- serve my own git repositories to peers with gittorrentd
- decentralize code hosting using bittorrent and bitcoin
- resolve friendly usernames to git repos via the bitcoin blockchain

## When to choose
- you want to share or fetch git repositories without relying on a centralized host
- you're experimenting with decentralized code hosting and p2p git transport

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, actively maintained tool - the project is experimental and largely dormant
- you need features like pull requests, issues, or a web UI
- you depend on reliable infrastructure; the bootstrap DHT server is a single point of failure

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: p2p, version-control, networking, cli
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, microservices, privacy
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: bittorrent, git, decentralized-github, dht, bitcoin, peer-to-peer, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cjb/GitTorrent (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:58.910945+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 2026-08-29T18:18:52.833861+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:58.910945+00:00, sha 0804f5bbc4b5)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/gittorrent (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:30.441671+00:00, sha 462043e1786a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.