taipei-torrent

README

Taipei Torrent

This is a simple command-line-interface BitTorrent client coded in the go programming language.

FAQ:

Q: Why call it Taipei Torrent?

A: I (jackpal) started writing it while visiting Taipei, Taiwan

Q: What is the license?

A: See the LICENSE file.

Current Status

Tested on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.

Development Roadmap

• Implement choke/unchoke logic
• Full UPnP support (need to be able to search for an unused listener port, detect we have already acquired the port, release the listener port when we quit.)
• Clean up source code
• Deal with TODOs
• Add a way of quitting other than typing control-C

Download, Install, and Build Instructions

1. Download and install the Go tools from http://golang.org

2. Use the "go" command to download, install, and build the Taipei-Torrent app:

   go get github.com/jackpal/Taipei-Torrent

Usage Instructions

Taipei-Torrent mydownload.torrent
Taipei-Torrent --useDHT "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:bbb6db69965af769f664b6636e7914f8735141b3"

or

Taipei-Torrent -help

Third-party Packages

http://code.google.com/p/bencode-go - Bencode encoder/decoder

http://code.google.com/p/go-nat-pmp - NAT-PMP firewall client

https://github.com/hailiang/gosocks - SOCKS5 proxy support

https://github.com/nictuku/dht - Distributed Hash Table

https://github.com/nictuku/nettools - Network utilities

Related Projects

https://github.com/nictuku/Taipei-Torrent is an active fork.

Documentation

Overview

Compute missing pieces for a torrent.