fanpei91/torsniff
torsniff - a sniffer that sniffs torrents from BitTorrent network observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3839
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1955
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4014 stars · 890 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
torsniff is a Go CLI tool that sniffs torrent metadata from the BitTorrent network by participating in the DHT and connecting to peers to download .torrent files. It can be used to build a torrent database or perform data mining and analysis.
Use cases
- collect torrent metadata from the bittorrent dht network
- build my own torrent database like the pirate bay
- sniff .torrent files passively from dht traffic
- mine and analyze bittorrent download trends
- capture torrent info hashes and metadata at scale
When to choose
- you need to passively collect large volumes of torrent metadata
- you want a fast, single-binary Go tool with no dependencies
- you have a host with a public IP or UDP port forwarding
When to avoid
- you want to download actual torrent content rather than metadata
- your network or ISP blocks BitTorrent traffic
- you need an actively maintained project - the last release was 2021
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
web-scraping parser cli networking p2p networking crawlers files windows cli go bittorrent dht torrent-sniffer metadata-crawling data-mining data-engineering linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/fanpei91/torsniff · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6e26097cecb0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| fanpei91/torsniff | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="fanpei91/torsniff")
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