webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop
Webtorrent Desktop
❤️ Streaming torrent app for Mac, Windows, and Linux
Features
- Torrent Streaming - Plays video and audio files directly from torrents as they download.
- BitTorrent Clients - A desktop application that downloads and streams media files from the BitTorrent network with instant playback support.
- BitTorrent and File Sharing - Downloading and sharing files over the BitTorrent protocol, supporting magnet links, torrent files, and seeding.
- Cross-Platform Desktop Clients - Running a unified torrent application on macOS, Windows, and Linux built with Electron.
- Cross-Platform Desktop Runtimes - Builds and distributes a desktop application that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux from a single codebase.
- Media Streaming Clients - Streams torrented video and audio to Chromecast, AirPlay, and DLNA devices during download.
- Dynamic Torrent HTTP Servers - Ships an HTTP server that serves torrent file contents on demand with range requests.
- Range Request Servers - Hosts a local HTTP server that serves torrent file chunks on demand with byte-range support.
- Direct-to-Network File Streaming - Streams torrent files directly to browser video, audio, or image elements.
- Sequential File Streaming - Enables seeking within streaming files by reprioritizing piece downloads.
- Cross-Protocol Peer Bridges - Bridges traditional BitTorrent TCP peers with WebRTC-based browser peers for cross-protocol data exchange.
- Torrent Creators - Creates and shares a new torrent from files, buffers, streams, or Blobs, making the data available to other peers.
- Torrent Imports - Starts downloading a torrent from a magnet URI, info hash, torrent file, URL, or filesystem path, with configurable options for trackers, storage, and peer selection.
- Magnet Link Downloading - Loads content from standard magnet URIs and .torrent files to start downloading or streaming.
- Browser Element Media Sources - Sets video and audio element sources to torrent streaming URLs for instant playback.
- Torrent Seeding - Creates and shares a new torrent from files, buffers, streams, or Blob objects with the swarm.
- Cross-Protocol Torrent Network Bridges - Bridges traditional BitTorrent and WebTorrent WebRTC networks for seamless cross-protocol data exchange.
- Sequential Piece Prioritization - Downloads torrent pieces in sequential order for the currently playing file to enable instant playback.
- WebTorrent Enabled Clients - Bridges WebRTC and traditional BitTorrent protocols for peer-to-peer media streaming.
- WebRTC-to-TCP Bridges - Translates between WebRTC data channels and TCP/UDP sockets for cross-protocol swarm participation.
- Peer Discovery - Finds peers using tracker servers, DHT, and peer exchange to maximize swarm connectivity.
- Torrent File Streamers - Creates readable streams for torrent files, prioritizing needed pieces from the swarm.
- Cross-Platform Desktop Shells - Combines a pure-JavaScript BitTorrent client with Electron's Chromium-based desktop shell for native app distribution.
- Electron Torrent Clients - A torrent client built with Electron that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux with a unified interface.
- Cross-Platform Binary Distribution - Builds distributable application installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux from a single codebase.
- Electron IPC Bridges - Separates the torrent engine in the main process from the UI in the renderer process using Electron's IPC.
- Desktop Packaging - Builds native application binaries for Mac, Windows, and Linux from the source code.
- Torrent Piece Verifiers - Hashes downloaded pieces against the torrent's Merkle tree to validate partial downloads.
- External Device Casting - Sends video playback to AirPlay, Chromecast, and DLNA receivers on the local network.
- Stream URL Generation - Provides the HTTP URL for a torrent file served by the internal server for use in links or media elements.
- Torrent Buffer Readers - Returns torrent file contents as an ArrayBuffer or Blob object with optional byte-range slicing.
- Torrent File Readers - Returns the full or partial contents of a torrent file as an ArrayBuffer or Blob.
- Torrent Storage Verification - Re-verifies all piece hashes against the store and updates the bitfield for externally added data.
- Torrent Stream Prioritizers - Creates readable streams for torrent files, prioritizing needed pieces from the swarm.
- Torrent Stream Readers - Creates readable streams for torrent files with optional byte-range slicing.
- File Reading - Retrieves a file's data as an ArrayBuffer or W3C Blob object, optionally slicing a portion.
- Torrent Clients - Desktop client for streaming torrents and WebTorrent content.
