Bitford

A BitTorrent client as a Chrome Packaged App.

Contrary to other implementations, this one talks the native BitTorrent protocol 100% in JavaScript.

New: install from the Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitford/agjcpjkkccmhfopfciohkkfolnjbbdoh

Try it

Go to chrome://extensions/
☑ Developer mode
Load unpacked extension...
Choose this directory
Launch
Keep an eye on the console of the background page

Roadmap

UI

Background

seeder peers dropping
cancellable file saving
Priorities
Error handling
store-backend: unify open bitford-store
Smarter request selection, based on downRate * requestedChunks.length
Profiling, profiling, optimization

Unsolved

Intercept .torrent files that users download
- https://github.com/Rob--W/pdf.js/commit/e181a3c902485a5c3e155c555abb6d686604457b

Torrent Features

Peer limits
- by IP
- Upload slots
Extension protocol
Magnet Links
DHT
Encryption
uTP