ntorrent - torrent client library

Header-only C++17 Linux implementation of various bittorrent-related protocols. Mostly for educational purposes.

goals

1. correctness of implementation
2. usability both as a standalone client and library
3. clarity of code
4. POSIX portability

non-goals

• performance
• full portability

done

• bencoding parser
• metainfo parser
• TCP tracker protocol
  • Tracker Returns Compact Peer Lists (BEP_23)
• UDP tracker protocol (BEP_15)
  • IPv4
  • IPv6
• main client
• DHT + magnet links support
• Python3 module

dependencies

• libcurl (easy to replace, portable)
• boost::filesystem (easy to replace, will be replaced)
• neither (header-only, portable)
• Catch2 (header-only, only for tests)