RTorrent
rTorrent | |
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![]() The main information screen for rTorrent and libTorrent (rTorrent v0.9.2) | |
Developer | Jari Sundell (a.k.a. rakshasa) |
Initial release | 25 January 2005[1] |
Stable release | |
Repository | github |
Written in | C++[2] |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
Size | 1.3 MiB |
Type | BitTorrent client |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[a] |
Website | rakshasa |
rTorrent is a text-based BitTorrent client written in C++,[3] based on the ncurses and libTorrent (not to be confused with libtorrent) libraries for Unix.
Technical details
[edit]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 claims to be able to seed at three times the speed of the official client.[3]
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 and macOS.
rTorrent uses the ncurses library and is suitable for use with GNU Screen or Tmux; it uses commands such as Carriage return to load a torrent, after which ^S can be used to start a torrent (where ^ is shorthand for Ctrl key), backspace can be used to automatically start a torrent once it is loaded, making a subsequent issue of ^S unnecessary, ^K for stop, and ^D for pause, or if already paused or stopped, ^D again to delete the torrent.[4] 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 was also implemented.[5] PEX, DHT and initial seeding were recently[when?] implemented in rTorrent.
rTorrent can be controlled via XML-RPC over SCGI; support for JSON-RPC was merged upstream in version 0.15.2 and later.[6][7] Benchmarking shows that JSON-RPC delivers a twofold performance improvement and reduces total client CPU usage by about 15%.[8]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ GPL-2.0-or-later with OpenSSL exception
References
[edit]- ^ "Earliest known code import". GitHub. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "rTorrent BitTorrent client", rakshasa/rtorrent repo, archived from the original on 18 October 2014, retrieved 14 July 2015 – via GitHub
- ^ a b Sundell, Jari, The libTorrent and rTorrent Project, archived from the original on 9 April 2014, retrieved 9 August 2007
- ^ RTorrent User Guide, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 17 February 2014, retrieved 25 November 2009
- ^ LibTorrent 0.11.0 and rTorrent 0.7.0 released, Jari Sundell, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 13 December 2006
- ^ "Add JSON-RPC capability". GitHub. rakshasa/rtorrent and jesec/rtorrent contributors. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "rTorrent v0.15.2 release". GitHub. rTorrent contributors. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Release 4.5". Flood. Flood project. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- rTorrent on GitHub
- libTorrent on GitHub
- rTorrent Mailing List at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- Old website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)