# torrent-file-editor/torrent-file-editor

Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files

Repository: https://github.com/torrent-file-editor/torrent-file-editor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/torrent-file-editor
Homepage: https://torrent-file-editor.github.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: qt5, torrent, qt4, qt6
Last push: 2026-08-24T14:35:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4305, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 89, "gap_med": 74, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1093, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.603336+00:00)

## What it is
A cross-platform Qt-based GUI application for creating and editing .torrent files and uTorrent .dat files. It supports editing metadata, adding or removing files, JSON and binary-tree views, multiple encodings, and a command-line mode.

## Use cases
- create a .torrent file from scratch
- edit trackers in an existing torrent file
- add or remove files from a torrent
- view and edit bencode data as a binary tree
- edit uTorrent resume .dat files
- batch-edit torrent metadata via command line

## When to choose
- you need a GUI to create or modify .torrent files
- you want to inspect bencode data as a tree or JSON
- you need a portable, multi-language torrent editor on Linux, macOS, or Windows

## When to avoid
- you only need to download torrents rather than edit them
- you need a headless server-side torrent creation library
- you require editing non-ASCII data in JSON mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, file-system, cli, developer-tools
- domain: files, desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: torrent, bittorrent, bencode, qt, file-editor, utorrent-dat, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- torrent-file-editor/torrent-file-editor (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.603336+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 2026-08-30T06:48:58.907886+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/torrent-file-editor/torrent-file-editor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.603336+00:00, sha 3a0e25c2a88c)
  - homepage: https://torrent-file-editor.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:44.369331+00:00, sha d1c6b30f9257)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.