rTorrent
{{Short description|BitTorrent library and text-based client}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|libTorrent|libtorrent}}
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{{Primary sources|date=May 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox software
| name = rTorrent
| screenshot = Rtorrent.png
| caption = The main information screen for rTorrent and libTorrent (rTorrent v0.9.2)
| developer = Jari Sundell (a.k.a. rakshasa)
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|01|25|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/commit/ca6a7e2d16d982b5140eb2c5d72935249d701c54|title=Earliest known code import|website=GitHub |access-date=17 February 2016|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224223516/https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/commit/ca6a7e2d16d982b5140eb2c5d72935249d701c54|url-status=live}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q284842|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q284842|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q284842|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q284842|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent}}
| programming language = C++{{Citation | url = https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent | title = rTorrent BitTorrent client | work = rakshasa/rtorrent repo | via = GitHub | access-date = 2015-07-14 | archive-date = 18 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141018232400/https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent | url-status = live }}
| operating system = Unix-like
| size = 1.3 MiB
| genre = BitTorrent client
| license = GPL-2.0-or-later{{efn|name="license"|GPL-2.0-or-later with OpenSSL exception}}
| website = {{URL|https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/}}
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rTorrent is a text-based BitTorrent client written in C++,{{Citation | url = http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ | title = The libTorrent and rTorrent Project | first = Jari | last = Sundell | access-date=2007-08-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140409012528/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/| archive-date=9 April 2014}} based on the ncurses and libTorrent (not to be confused with libtorrent) libraries for Unix.
Technical details
The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transferring data directly between file pages mapped to memory by the mmap() function and the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections, it claims to be able to seed at three times the speed of the official client.
rTorrent packages are available for various Linux distributions and Unix-like systems, and it will compile and run on nearly every POSIX-compliant operating system, such as FreeBSD and macOS.
rTorrent uses the ncurses library and is suitable for use with GNU Screen or Tmux; it uses commands such as Carriage return to load a torrent, after which ^S can be used to start a torrent (where ^ is shorthand for Ctrl key), backspace can be used to automatically start a torrent once it is loaded, making a subsequent issue of ^S unnecessary, ^K for stop, and ^D for pause, or if already paused or stopped, ^D again to delete the torrent.{{Citation | url = http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentUserGuide | title = RTorrent User Guide | publisher = Jari Sundell | access-date = 2009-11-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140217022315/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentUserGuide| archive-date=17 February 2014}} It supports saving of sessions and allows the user to add and remove torrents. It also supports partial downloading of multi-file torrents. In the release of rTorrent-0.7.0 support for BitTorrent protocol encryption was also implemented.{{Citation | url = http://rakshasa.no/pipermail/libtorrent-devel/2006-December/000982.html | title = LibTorrent 0.11.0 and rTorrent 0.7.0 released | publisher = Jari Sundell | access-date = 2006-12-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102122313/http://rakshasa.no/pipermail/libtorrent-devel/2006-December/000982.html| archive-date=2 November 2012}} PEX, DHT and initial seeding were recently{{when|date=June 2020}} implemented in rTorrent.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{github|rakshasa/rtorrent|rTorrent}}
- {{github|rakshasa/libtorrent|libTorrent}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rakshasa.no/mailman/listinfo |date=* |title=rTorrent Mailing List }}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ |date=* |title=Old website }}
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Category:BitTorrent clients for Linux
Category:Free BitTorrent clients