Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
The following is a list of notable software for running a BitTorrent tracker.
| Tracker |
Programming Language |
License |
Operating System Support |
Description |
| MLDonkey[1] |
OCaml |
GPL |
Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Morph OS |
Has a built-in tracker and announcement service |
| MonoTorrent[2] |
C# |
MIT |
Windows, Mac OS, Unix-like |
Uses Mono for cross-platform support (.NET) |
| Opentracker[3] |
C |
Beerware |
Unix-like (source code only) |
Uses libowfat,[4] performs well even on embedded hardware. Only requirement is a POSIX compliant OS. |
| PeerTracker[5] |
PHP |
GPL |
Web application |
Extremely lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker. Supports SQLite3, MySQL and soon PostgreSQL for storage. |
| μTorrent[6] |
C++ |
Freeware |
Windows, OS X, Linux, Android |
Does not have a list of hosted torrents. |
| qBittorrent[7] |
C++ |
GPL |
Windows, OS X, Unix-like, OS/2 |
Lightweight. Supports DHT, PEX, announcements via UDP. Does not have a web interface or list of hosted torrents; it is not designed for secure or large-scale application. |
| Vuze[8] |
Java |
Disputed |
Windows, Mac OS, Linux |
Vuze (formerly Azureus) has a built in tracker. |
| XBT Tracker[9][10] |
C++ |
GPL |
Windows, Linux |
Uses MySQL for data storage, lightweight tracker |
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