RTorrent

Infobox Software
name = rTorrent and libTorrent
logo =


caption = The main information screen for libTorrent and rTorrent
author =
developer = Rakshasa (Jari Sundell)
released =
latest release version = 0.7.9 - 0.11.9 (lib)
latest release date = release date|2007|11|28
latest preview version = 0.8.3 - 0.12.3 (lib)
latest preview date = release date|2008|9|15
operating system = Unix-like
platform =
language =
genre = BitTorrent
license = GNU GPL
website = [http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ libtorrent.rakshasa.no]

rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the libTorrent libraries for UNIX (which is not the libtorrent library developed by Arvid Norberg), "with a focus on high performance and good code" [http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ The libTorrent and rTorrent Project - Trac ] ] .

Technical details

The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transferring data directly between file pages mapped to memory by the mmap() function and the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections, it is claimed to be able to seed at many times the speed of the official client.

rTorrent packages are available for various Linux distributions and Unix-like systems, and it will compile and run on nearly every POSIX-compliant operating system, such as FreeBSD.

rTorrent uses ncurses and is suitable for use with screen or dtach. It supports saving of sessions and allows the user to add and remove torrents. It also supports partial downloading of multi-file torrents. In the release of rTorrent-0.7.0 support for BitTorrent protocol encryption is also implemented. [http://rakshasa.no/pipermail/libtorrent-devel/2006-December/000982.html] Announcement of rTorrent-0.7.0] PEX, DHT and initial seeding were recently implemented in rTorrent.

rTorrent can be controlled via XML-RPC over SCGI.

ee also

* Comparison of BitTorrent software
* KTorrent

References

External links

* [http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ rTorrent homepage]
* [http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/dports/net/rtorrent rTorrent for Darwin/Mac OS X]
* [http://code.google.com/p/ntorrent/ nTorrent - An rTorrent GUI]
* [http://rtgui.googlecode.com/ rtGui - a PHP/Web interface for rTorrent using XML-RPC]
* [http://www.wtorrent-project.org/ wTorrent - a php/xhtml web interface for rTorrent]
* [http://projects.cyla.homeip.net/rtwi/ rTWi - an rTorrent Web interface]
* [http://www.g-loaded.eu/2007/06/23/rtorstat-a-simple-rtorrent-status-web-page-generator/ rtorstat - rTorrent status webpage generator] : rtorstat does not require xmlrpc support, but, instead, it uses the saved session data in order to create the status page. Therefore, it is a much simpler implementation with very limited features.
* [http://ovh.ttdpatch.net/~jdrexler/rt/ Hottest rTorrent's patches written by Josef Drexler]
* [http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/howto-use-rtorrent-like-a-pro/ Howto: Use rtorrent like a pro]