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| Developer(s) | Jari Sundell (“Rakshasa”) |
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| Stable release | lib 0.12.9/r 0.8.9 (June 21, 2011)[1] [±] |
| Preview release | r1155 (March 28, 2010 -->) [±] |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Size | Source: 558 kB |
| Type | BitTorrent |
| License | GNU GPL (free software) |
| Website | libtorrent.rakshasa.no |
rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the libTorrent libraries for Unix, whose author's goal is “a focus on high performance and good code”[2]. It is not to be confused with libtorrent by Arvid Norberg.
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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 3 times the speed of the official client.[2]
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 Mac OS X.
rTorrent uses ncurses and is suitable for use with screen; 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[3]. 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.[4] PEX, DHT and initial seeding were recently implemented in rTorrent.
rTorrent can be controlled via XML-RPC over SCGI.
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