torrent tracker/primary seed software

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

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             It's not painfully out of date, though and it would be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