This repository implements BitTorrent-related packages and command-line utilities in Go.

There is support for protocol encryption, DHT, PEX, uTP, and various extensions. There are several storage backends provided, blob, file, mmap. You can use the provided binaries in ./cmd, or use torrent as a library for your own applications.

Install the library package with go get github.com/anacrolix/torrent, or the provided cmds with go get github.com/anacrolix/torrent/cmd/....

There is a small example in the package documentation.

There's a provided utility that downloads torrents from the command-line.

$ go get github.com/anacrolix/torrent/cmd/torrent
$ torrent 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ZOCMZQIPFFW7OLLMIC5HUB6BPCSDEOQU'
2015/03/20 22:51:41 main.go:96: downloaded ALL the torrents
$ md5sum ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
119cb63b48c9a18f31f417f09655efbd  ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
$ echo such amaze
wow