veggiedefender/torrent-client
Tiny BitTorrent client written in Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 2446
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 758
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2038 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A tiny BitTorrent client written in Go that implements the original 2001 BitTorrent protocol spec. It was built as an educational weekend project accompanying a blog post about building a client from scratch.
Use cases
- download a torrent file from the command line
- learn how the bittorrent protocol works
- download a linux iso via bittorrent
- study a minimal torrent client implementation in go
- understand peer-to-peer file sharing internals
When to choose
- you want a minimal, readable bittorrent client for learning
- you need to download single-file torrents with HTTP trackers
- you want a simple Go codebase to study p2p protocols
When to avoid
- you need magnet link support
- you need multi-file torrents or DHT/UDP trackers
- you need a full-featured client that seeds/uploads
- you need a production-grade torrent downloader
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
p2p http-client cli networking developer-tools go cli cross-platform bittorrent torrent-client peer-to-peer educational minimal command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/veggiedefender/torrent-client · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2e104ec3f659
- homepage: https://blog.jse.li/posts/torrent/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7701d5ccb527
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| veggiedefender/torrent-client | main | 32 |
For agents
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