cenkalti/rain
🌧 BitTorrent client and library in Go observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 56.5
- age_days: 4535
- days_rel: 17
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
1146 stars · 84 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Rain is a high-performance BitTorrent client and embeddable Go library, running in production at put.io. It supports core BitTorrent BEPs including DHT, magnet links, UDP trackers, PEX, and encryption, with a client-server architecture exposing a JSON-RPC API and console UI.
Use cases
- download torrents from magnet links in Go
- embed a BitTorrent client in my application
- create and parse .torrent files
- run a headless torrent server with RPC control
- stream downloads sequentially while downloading
- add torrent support to a self-hosted service
When to choose
- you need a programmable BitTorrent client or library in Go
- you want a lightweight headless torrent daemon with JSON-RPC control
- you need DHT, magnet links, and tracker support without a GUI
When to avoid
- you want a full-featured graphical torrent client like qBittorrent
- you need a torrent client in a language other than Go
Facets
library · maturity active
p2p http-server cli serialization networking files developer-tools go windows cross-platform cli bittorrent torrent-client magnet-links dht -rpc embeddable linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cenkalti/rain · fetched 2026-10-10 · c1102d61e635
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cenkalti/rain | main | 94 |
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