# Tribler/tribler

Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery

Repository: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tribler
Homepage: https://www.tribler.org
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: python, streaming, privacy, tor, bittorrent, search, p2p, decentralized, torrent-client
Last push: 2026-07-17T14:23:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4937, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": 76, "gap_med": 45.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5303, forks 473 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.339980+00:00)

## What it is
Tribler is a privacy-enhanced BitTorrent client with built-in decentralized search and content discovery, using a custom Tor-like onion routing network for anonymous downloading and seeding. It is a long-running open-source research project from TU Delft, fully backwards compatible with the BitTorrent protocol.

## Use cases
- download torrents anonymously with onion routing
- search for content without any central website
- stream videos directly from magnet links
- seed torrents via hidden services with end-to-end encryption
- share files without censorship or a single point of failure
- download torrent files or magnet links with anonymization on by default

## When to choose
- you need anonymous or censorship-resistant torrent downloading
- you want decentralized P2P search without relying on torrent websites
- you want a BitTorrent client with built-in streaming and privacy features

## When to avoid
- you need maximum download speed since onion routing adds overhead
- you require protection against state-level adversaries - the project itself warns anonymity is not mature
- you just want a lightweight minimal torrent client

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, search-engine, p2p, gui
- domain: privacy, censorship-circumvention, networking, files, self-hosted
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: bittorrent, torrent-client, onion-routing, tor-like-network, file-sharing, decentralized, anonymous-downloading, streaming, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- Tribler/tribler (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.339980+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 2026-08-29T17:59:00.758419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.339980+00:00, sha 514ba70804a1)
  - homepage: https://www.tribler.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:58.237831+00:00, sha 81cd5f98834d)
  - site_page: https://tribler.org/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:58.247102+00:00, sha f10d90223331)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/tribler/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:58.251610+00:00, sha af6ae9b4acab)
  - site_page: https://tribler.org/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:58.249071+00:00, sha ff2039d50854)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.