torrent tracker/primary seed software
Jeroen van Meeuwen
kanarip at kanarip.com
Fri Feb 8 10:03:04 UTC 2008
seth vidal wrote:
> So,
> we're setting up the new torrent tracker and we're debating which
> tracker software to use.
>
> bittorrent: 5.2.0 - released in nov 2007 - it's the last open source
> version b/c apparently the authors got greedy and stupid.
> It's not painfully out of date, though and it would be
> relatively to setup and shift over to it.
>
> ctorrent: theoretically being maintained and theoretically capable of
> being a tracker. It doesn't seem to have any nice
> initscripts. And the configuration for additional trackers
> looks more convulted than might otherwise be desired. Welcome
> to suggestions on initscripts, etc
>
> rtorrent: not obvious this is a tracker at all. It looks more like an
> ncurses-based client. Subpar for our usage.
>
>
> In case anyone is unclear what our usage is. We use the torrent
> tracker/seed as a simple server. We drop files in a directory and they
> are available on the tracker. It logs what went where and lets us get
> data out of it about how many things have been downloaded and from
> where.
>
> Open to suggestions about better tracker software to use. Requirements:
> 1. must be free software
> 2. must log/record stats
> 3. must act sensibly
>
Is cbtt not on this list for a reason? Fedora Unity has been looking
into using cbtt (from bnbt) and even has some packaging going.
Kind regards,
Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip
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