Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
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The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker
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BitTorrent tracker
A BitTorrent tracker is a server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. It is also, in the absence of extensions to the original protocol, the only major critical point, as clients are required to communicate with the tracker to initiate downloads...
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| Atrack | Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... |
Google App Engine Google App Engine Google App Engine is a platform as a service cloud computing platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. It virtualizes applications across multiple servers,... , (or any host with Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... and memcached Memcached In computing, memcached is a general-purpose distributed memory caching system that was originally developed by Danga Interactive for LiveJournal, but is now used by many other sites. It is often used to speed up dynamic database-driven websites by caching data and objects in RAM to reduce the... ) |
Minimalist tracker designed to run efficiently on App Engine relying on memcached for all storage. | |
| BNBT | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Windows, (Linux or Mac?) | BNBT is a complete port of the original Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... BitTorrent tracker BitTorrent tracker A BitTorrent tracker is a server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. It is also, in the absence of extensions to the original protocol, the only major critical point, as clients are required to communicate with the tracker to initiate downloads... to C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... using the STL Standard Template Library The Standard Template Library is a C++ software library which later evolved into the C++ Standard Library. It provides four components called algorithms, containers, functors, and iterators. More specifically, the C++ Standard Library is based on the STL published by SGI. Both include some... for data storage and basic network sockets for network communication. |
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| Bitstorm | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows | A compact and fast BitTorrent tracker implementation that works on any PHP compatible web server. Bitstorm tries to be a very simplistic tracker and only implements the very basic functions a tracker needs, making it easy to install and configure. | |
| CBTT | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Windows, (Linux or Mac?) | CBTT is a modified version of BNBT. Uses Flat-file or MySQL databases. Capable of multiple-tracker clusters. | |
| LeonidasP2P | ASP .NET 2.0 | Windows (Linux and Mac?) | Based on phpMyBitTorrent | |
| LimeTracker | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Linux, Mac, Windows | Optionally uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage, uses Symfony Symfony Symfony is a web application framework written in PHP which follows the model-view-controller paradigm. Released under the MIT license, Symfony is free software... framework, sponsored by LimeWire LimeWire LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing client program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other operating systems supported by the Java software platform. LimeWire uses the gnutella network as well as the BitTorrent protocol. A free software version and a purchasable "enhanced"... |
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| mod bt | C | Linux (Mac and Windows?) | Apache Apache HTTP Server The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone... 2.X module, setup through Apache configuration file |
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| MonoTorrent | C# | Linux, Mac, Windows | Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET) | |
| Opentracker Opentracker opentracker is a free BitTorrent peer tracker software that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.- Features :... |
C | FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows,… | Uses libowfat, performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX POSIX POSIX , an acronym for "Portable Operating System Interface", is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems... compliant OS Operating system An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system... . |
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| OpenTracker | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Not Specified | Linux, Mac, Windows | Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage, lightweight and simple |
| PeerTracker PeerTracker PeerTracker is a free BitTorrent peer tracker software written in PHP that is designed to be fast and to have a low consumption of system resources.- Details :... |
PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Cross-platform Cross-platform In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms... |
Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... and soon PostgreSQL PostgreSQL PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software... for storage. |
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| PHPBTTracker+ | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Linux, others untested/unsupported | Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage |
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| phpMyBitTorrent | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Linux, Mac, Windows | Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage |
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| Project Gazelle | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Linux | Runs What.CD What.CD -History:What.CD was founded on the day of Oink's Pink Palace's closure in October 2007. In November 2007 many site users received a hoax email purporting to be from the RIAA threatening to press charges for illegal downloads.... , a popular music tracker. It can be configured to work with various backends, including XBTT XBT Tracker XBT Tracker is a free and open-source BitTorrent tracker written in C++ by Olaf van der Spek. Because it is a "pure" tracker, it does not offer a frontend. The software is specifically designed to consume few resources, while maintaining a high level of performance. It listens on port 2710 by... and the project's very own Ocelot. |
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| RivetTracker | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Linux, Mac, Windows | Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage, support for RSS feeds, HTTP seeding, detailed statistics, uses web-interface |
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| TorrentTrader | PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
Cross-platform Cross-platform In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms... |
Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage, support for RSS feeds, detailed statistics, web-interface. (Also has a light open tracker with no interface.) |
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| µTorrent | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Freeware Freeware Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the... |
Mac (Intel only), Windows / Wine Wine (software) Wine is a free software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like... |
Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application |
| Vuze Vuze Vuze is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content... |
Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
Linux, Mac, Windows | Vuze Vuze Vuze is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content... (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker. |
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| XBNBT | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Linux, Mac, Windows | Modified version of BNBT, uses flat-file or MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage |
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| XBT Tracker XBT Tracker XBT Tracker is a free and open-source BitTorrent tracker written in C++ by Olaf van der Spek. Because it is a "pure" tracker, it does not offer a frontend. The software is specifically designed to consume few resources, while maintaining a high level of performance. It listens on port 2710 by... |
C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Linux and Windows | Uses MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... for data storage, lightweight tracker |