Ampere

A bittorrent client that runs in the browser without plugins. Currently only works in chrome

DEMO: http://bittorrent.io

Bittorrent

• Built to the official spec
• Can read .torrent files
• BEP 9 support (magnet links)
• Partial BEP 10 support (extension negotiation)

Tech

Built using clojurescript (that subsequently compiles down to javascript) and utilizing the latest in HTML5 tech

• WebRTC
• HTML5 Filesystem
• Socket.io
• Typed Arrays
• IndexedDb

Usage

lein deps
lein git-deps
lein run

Also see

• the actual client - View the client in your browser
• webrtc-tracker - A seperate project to build a bittorrent tracker for webrtc based bittorrent clients

Issues

• Advanced compile doesn't work; thus simple must be (adds 200k to page weight)

License

Copyright (c) 2013, Henry Clifford All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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• Neither the name of the organization nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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