picotorrent/picotorrent
A tiny, hackable BitTorrent client. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4080
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 784
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2761 stars · 198 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PicoTorrent is a tiny, hackable BitTorrent client written in modern C++ and built on Rasterbar-libtorrent. It offers a native Windows interface with support for BitTorrent 2.0, DHT, PeX, LSD, and UPnP.
Use cases
- download torrents on windows with a lightweight client
- portable torrent client that runs without installation
- bittorrent client supporting v2 hybrid torrents
- low memory usage torrent downloader
- hackable open-source torrent client to customize
When to choose
- you want a minimal, native Windows torrent client
- you need BitTorrent 2.0 / hybrid torrent support
- you prefer a portable app with low resource usage
- you want a small C++ codebase to hack on
When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform GUI client (Windows only)
- you want a feature-rich client with plugins, streaming, or remote management
- you need a headless/seedbox torrent daemon
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
gui p2p networking cross-platform developer-tools windows cpp bittorrent libtorrent torrent-client portable
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent · fetched 2026-08-28 · f3daf3441b07
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| picotorrent/picotorrent | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="picotorrent/picotorrent")
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