# baairon/torlink

👾 A sleek, zero-setup torrent finder and downloader that lives right in your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/baairon/torlink
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/torlink
Homepage: https://torlink.bairon.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: downloader, magnet-links, p2p, torrent, torrent-client, zero-configuration, crossplatform
Last push: 2026-08-19T19:08:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 4
- inputs: {"age_days": 69, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5373, forks 365 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:16.091695+00:00)

## What it is
torlink is a zero-setup torrent finder and downloader that runs in the terminal, aggregating searches across curated sources like YTS, 1337x, EZTV, Nyaa, and FitGirl. It handles the full pipeline of searching, downloading, resuming, and seeding, plus headless modes including a watch folder, a local JSON API, and media streaming.

## Use cases
- search multiple torrent sites from the terminal
- download torrents via magnet links or infohashes
- queue background downloads while continuing to search
- run a headless seedbox or homelab downloader
- watch a folder for torrent files and download them automatically
- serve finished downloads to media players on the network
- control downloads programmatically via a local JSON API

## When to choose
- you want a torrent client with no configuration that lives in your terminal
- you want one search to hit several reputable trackers at once
- you need a headless downloader or seedbox with an API
- you prefer keyboard-driven TUI workflows over GUI clients

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical torrent client with detailed per-torrent settings
- you require fine-grained tracker, proxy, or encryption configuration
- you want to add arbitrary custom tracker sources beyond the curated list
- your environment cannot install Node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, cli, p2p, developer-tools
- domain: files, media, self-hosted
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: torrent-client, magnet-links, terminal-ui, zero-configuration, downloader, seeding, headless-daemon, command-line, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- baairon/torlink (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:16.091695+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 2026-08-29T17:58:41.958648+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/baairon/torlink (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:16.091695+00:00, sha fa07883bbec5)
  - homepage: https://torlink.bairon.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:05.558566+00:00, sha 827de0e40ba3)
  - site_page: https://torlink.bairon.dev/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:05.568162+00:00, sha 9e307ddf1b66)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.