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Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software

The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.

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The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.

Tracker Programming Language License IPv4 IPv6 Operating System Support Description
MLDonkey1 OCaml GPL-2.0-or-later Yes Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS Has a built-in tracker and announcement service
MonoTorrent2 C# MIT Yes Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like Uses Mono or .NET Core for cross-platform support (.NET)
Opentracker3 C Beerware Yes Yes Unix-like (source code only) Uses libowfat,4 performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. Supports only a compact peer list.
PeerTracker5 PHP GPL-3.0-or-later Yes Web application Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, and MySQL for storage.
μTorrent6 C++ Freeware Yes Windows, OS X, Linux, Android Does not have a list of hosted torrents.
qBittorrent7 C++ GPL-2.0-or-later Yes Yes8 Windows, OS X, Unix-like, OS/2 Lightweight. Supports DHT, PEX, announcements via UDP. Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application.
Vuze9 Java Disputed Yes Windows, Mac OS, Linux Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker.
Torrust-Tracker10 Rust AGPL-3.0-or-later Yes Yes Windows, Mac OS, Linux Open source tracker and indexer.
Torrust-Actix11 Rust MIT Yes Yes Windows, Mac OS, Linux Open source tracker server, very light in resources and stable.
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References

  1. "BT-default tracker". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2012-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. "MonoTorrent". February 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022 – via GitHub.
  3. erdgeist. "opentracker". erdgeist.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  4. "libowfat". fefe.de. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  5. "latest known svn revision of the trigunflame peertracker, which is a lightweight PHP/SQL BitTorrent Tracker: JonnyJD/peertracker". March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via GitHub.
  6. "Features - FAQ - µTorrent - the Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client". Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
  7. "qBittorrent official website". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. "qBittorrent needs to listen on IPv6 interfaces by default #11632". GitHub. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  9. "Azureus, now called Vuze : Java BitTorrent client - FAQ". Archived from the original on 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  10. "Torrust". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. "Torrust-Actix". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)