Bitflu
{{Notability|Products|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Bitflu
| logo = Logo for the Bitflu program.png
| developer = Adrian Ulrich
| released = 2009
| latest_release_version = 1.52
| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2015|07|11}}{{cite web
| url = http://bitflu.workaround.ch/dload.html
| title = Bitflu
| website = bitflu.workaround.ch
| access-date = 2021-03-28
}}
| programming language = Perl
| operating system = Unix-like
| size =
| language = English
| genre = BitTorrent client
| license = Artistic License 2.0
| website = {{URL|bitflu.workaround.ch}}
}}
Bitflu is an open-source, BitTorrent client by Adrian Ulrich. It is available for Unix-like systems and is written in Perl.{{cite web
| title = Bitflu (About)
| publisher = Adrian Ulrich
| date = 2012-07-11
| url = http://bitflu.workaround.ch/about.html
| accessdate = 2013-12-01}}
Features
- Multiple downloads
- IPv6 Support
- Designed to run as a daemon/No GUI: You can connect to the client via telnet and/or http (AJAX)
- Security: The client can chroot itself and drop privileges
- Bandwidth shaping (upload+download)
- Crash-Proof design: Crashes or a full filesystem will never corrupt your downloads again :-)
- Non-Threading/Non-Forking: All connections are handled in non-blocking state using epoll (or kqueue on *BSD)
Reception
Bitflu has received good reviews, both in open-source software sites {{cite web|title=Bitflu - Freecode|url=https://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=Dec 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010348/http://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|archive-date=January 12, 2014|url-status=dead}} and blogs,{{cite web|title=bitflu: A tiny torrent daemon|date=9 April 2013 |url=http://inconsolation.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/bitflu-a-tiny-torrent-daemon/|accessdate=January 11, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Notes: Bitflu|date=29 October 2008 |url=http://www.simplicidade.org/notes/archives/2008/10/bitflu.html|accessdate=January 11, 2014}} praising it for being lightweight and feature-complete.
Even so, Bitflu seems to be largely unknown, reportedly commanding only 0.000025% of the total BitTorrent traffic.{{cite web|title=Bitflu Torrent Client - Overview|url=http://sefod.eu/redirect_20140111.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111214444/http://sefod.eu/redirect_20140111.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2014|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=Dec 13, 2013}} According to one reviewer, this could be due to its non-automated, relatively elaborated install procedure, which could be putting off a "majority of users who can't do anything more complicated than a click-next-until-finish install".{{cite web|title=Comments for Bitflu|url=https://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010348/http://freecode.com/projects/bitflu/comments|archive-date=January 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|bitflu.workaround.ch}}
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