BitTornado

BitTornado

BitTornado
Developer(s) John Hoffman, a.k.a. Shad0w
Initial release March 13, 2004 (2004-03-13)
Stable release 0.3.17 (October 19, 2006 (2006-10-19)) [±]
Preview release 0.3.18 (December 24, 2006 (2006-12-24)) [±]
Written in Python
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD
Type BitTorrent client
License MIT License
Website www.bittornado.com

BitTornado is a free BitTorrent client for transfer of computer files over networks, including the Internet. It is developed by John Hoffman, who also created its predecessor, Shad0w's Experimental Client. Based on the original BitTorrent client, the interface is largely the same, with added features such as:

Super seeding mode and web seeding were originally developed by the BitTornado group.

It is programmed using Python, for platform independence. Due to this, it can be used server-side on servers which support python applications, without having root access. Torrentflux is a popular PHP front-end for BitTornado,[1] but because of its nature being inherently resource-intense, most shared web hosts block such scripts.

BitTornado developer John Hoffman decided to ban BitComet users from accessing his client as he claims it exploits super-seeds.[2]

The BitTorrent client ABC is based on BitTornado.

See also

References

  1. TorrentFlux.com (2008). "TorrentFlux Homepage". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  2. TorrentFreak.com (2007). "BitTornado Bans All BitComet Users". Retrieved 2007-01-07.

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