# librats/rats-search

rats-search: BitTorrent P2P multi-platform search engine for Desktop and Web servers with integrated torrent client

Repository: https://github.com/librats/rats-search
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rats-search
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bittorrent, search, scanner, p2p, network, torrent, desktop-application, search-engine, librats
Last push: 2026-08-25T11:09:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3138, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1960, forks 188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.359362+00:00)

## What it is
A cross-platform BitTorrent search engine for desktop and web servers that crawls the DHT network and indexes torrents for full-text search. It includes an integrated torrent client, encrypted P2P search between clients, and a REST/WebSocket API for headless server use.

## Use cases
- search for torrents without trackers
- index torrents from the DHT network
- run a self-hosted torrent search server
- full-text search across torrent names and files
- download torrents with a built-in client
- share torrent indexes between peers over P2P
- filter torrent search results by size and seeders

## When to choose
- you want a desktop torrent search tool that works without central trackers
- you need a self-hosted torrent search server with an API
- you want encrypted P2P search across multiple Rats clients
- you need a portable torrent database you can export and merge

## When to avoid
- you only need a regular torrent client without search
- you want to search private tracker sites
- you need a lightweight CLI-only indexer with no GUI
- your platform is not Windows, Linux, or macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, p2p, http-server, websocket
- domain: networking, desktop-applications, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: bittorrent, dht, torrent-search, torrent-client, manticore-search, qt, full-text-search, p2p-network, search, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- librats/rats-search (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.359362+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 2026-08-30T03:05:47.957237+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/librats/rats-search (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.359362+00:00, sha 703c05b41982)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.